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#8F72EA

#8f72ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8f72ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 44.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.89% cyan, 51.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 254.5°, with 74.07% saturation and 68.24% 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 5.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 2.76.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2381

Complementary

  1. #8f72ea
  2. #cdea72

Split complementary

  1. #8f72ea
  2. #eacb72
  3. #91ea72

Analogous

  1. #7291ea
  2. #8f72ea
  3. #cb72ea

Triadic

  1. #8f72ea
  2. #ea8f72
  3. #72ea8f

Tetradic

  1. #8f72ea
  2. #ea72cd
  3. #cdea72
  4. #72ea8f

Square

  1. #8f72ea
  2. #ea7291
  3. #cdea72
  4. #72eacb

Monochromatic

  1. #3c19aa
  2. #5a2fe0
  3. #8f72ea
  4. #c4b5f4
  5. #f1edfc

Shades

#8f72ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8f72ea
  2. #8167d3
  3. #725bbb
  4. #6450a4
  5. #56448c
  6. #483975
  7. #392e5e
  8. #2b2246
  9. #1d172f
  10. #0e0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8f72ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8f72ea
  2. #9a80ec
  3. #a58eee
  4. #b19cf0
  5. #bcaaf2
  6. #c7b9f5
  7. #d2c7f7
  8. #ddd5f9
  9. #e9e3fb
  10. #f4f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8f72ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8f72ea
  2. #8e73df
  3. #8c75d5
  4. #8b76ca
  5. #8978c0
  6. #8879b5
  7. #867aaa
  8. #857ca0
  9. #837d95
  10. #827f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a7eb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3f88ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4484e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #778ba3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6980ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a7de8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8181c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8f72ea {
  color: #8f72ea;
}
Background
.bg-8f72ea {
  background-color: #8f72ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8f72ea {
  border: 2px solid #8f72ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8f72ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 114 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 74% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8f72ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8f72ea, #cb72ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8f72ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 114 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 2.76 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.59 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.80 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.41 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.68 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.70 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 11.85 #708d15 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8f72ea  rgb(143, 114, 234)  hsl(255, 74%, 68%)  Medium Purple
#cdea72  rgb(205, 234, 114)  hsl(75, 74%, 68%)  June Bud
#ea8f72  rgb(234, 143, 114)  hsl(15, 74%, 68%)  Dark Salmon
#72ea8f  rgb(114, 234, 143)  hsl(135, 74%, 68%)  Light Green