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#8E72FF

#8e72ff ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8e72ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 44.71% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.31% cyan, 55.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 251.91°, with 100% saturation and 72.35% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.82.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2501

Complementary

  1. #8e72ff
  2. #e3ff72

Split complementary

  1. #8e72ff
  2. #ffd472
  3. #9dff72

Analogous

  1. #729dff
  2. #8e72ff
  3. #d472ff

Triadic

  1. #8e72ff
  2. #ff8e72
  3. #72ff8e

Tetradic

  1. #8e72ff
  2. #ff72e3
  3. #e3ff72
  4. #72ff8e

Square

  1. #8e72ff
  2. #ff729d
  3. #e3ff72
  4. #72ffd4

Monochromatic

  1. #2b00d8
  2. #5125ff
  3. #8e72ff
  4. #cbbeff
  5. #efebff

Shades

#8e72ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8e72ff
  2. #8067e6
  3. #725bcc
  4. #6350b3
  5. #554499
  6. #473980
  7. #392e66
  8. #2b224d
  9. #1c1733
  10. #0e0b1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#8e72ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8e72ff
  2. #9980ff
  3. #a58eff
  4. #b09cff
  5. #bbaaff
  6. #c7b9ff
  7. #d2c7ff
  8. #ddd5ff
  9. #e8e3ff
  10. #f4f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8e72ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8e72ff
  2. #8d73f2
  3. #8b75e6
  4. #8a76d9
  5. #8878cc
  6. #8779c0
  7. #867ab3
  8. #847ca6
  9. #837d99
  10. #817f8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b80c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1f8cff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2285fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6b91ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6082ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #607efd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b86d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8e72ff {
  color: #8e72ff;
}
Background
.bg-8e72ff {
  background-color: #8e72ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8e72ff {
  border: 2px solid #8e72ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8e72ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 114 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 100% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8e72ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8e72ff, #d472ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8e72ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 114 255 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.82 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.62 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.30 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.00 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 11.59 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.99 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.67 #718d00 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8e72ff  rgb(142, 114, 255)  hsl(252, 100%, 72%)  Medium Slate Blue
#e3ff72  rgb(227, 255, 114)  hsl(72, 100%, 72%)  Laser Lemon
#ff8e72  rgb(255, 142, 114)  hsl(12, 100%, 72%)  Vivid Tangerine
#72ff8e  rgb(114, 255, 142)  hsl(132, 100%, 72%)  Mint Green