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#8E64EA

#8e64ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8e64ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 39.22% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.32% cyan, 57.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 258.81°, with 76.14% saturation and 65.49% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.78.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2081

Complementary

  1. #8e64ea
  2. #c0ea64

Split complementary

  1. #8e64ea
  2. #ead164
  3. #7dea64

Analogous

  1. #647dea
  2. #8e64ea
  3. #d164ea

Triadic

  1. #8e64ea
  2. #ea8e64
  3. #64ea8e

Tetradic

  1. #8e64ea
  2. #ea64c0
  3. #c0ea64
  4. #64ea8e

Square

  1. #8e64ea
  2. #ea647d
  3. #c0ea64
  4. #64ead1

Monochromatic

  1. #41169f
  2. #5d21e1
  3. #8e64ea
  4. #bfa7f3
  5. #f0ebfc

Shades

#8e64ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8e64ea
  2. #805ad3
  3. #7250bb
  4. #6346a4
  5. #553c8c
  6. #473275
  7. #39285e
  8. #2b1e46
  9. #1c142f
  10. #0e0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8e64ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8e64ea
  2. #9974ec
  3. #a583ee
  4. #b093f0
  5. #bba2f2
  6. #c7b2f5
  7. #d2c1f7
  8. #ddd1f9
  9. #e8e0fb
  10. #f4f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8e64ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8e64ea
  2. #8d67df
  3. #8b6ad5
  4. #8a6cca
  5. #886fc0
  6. #8772b5
  7. #8675aa
  8. #8478a0
  9. #837a95
  10. #817d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8574b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #147fee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #287ce7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #76819d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e75ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6273e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8176c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8e64ea {
  color: #8e64ea;
}
Background
.bg-8e64ea {
  background-color: #8e64ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8e64ea {
  border: 2px solid #8e64ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8e64ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 100 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 76% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8e64ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8e64ea, #d164ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8e64ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 100 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.78 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.24 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.78 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.31 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.05 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.13 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.28 #719b15 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8e64ea  rgb(142, 100, 234)  hsl(259, 76%, 65%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c0ea64  rgb(192, 234, 100)  hsl(79, 76%, 65%)  Inchworm
#ea8e64  rgb(234, 142, 100)  hsl(19, 76%, 65%)  Dark Salmon
#64ea8e  rgb(100, 234, 142)  hsl(139, 76%, 65%)  Light Green