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#8F73EA

#8f73ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8f73ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 45.1% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.89% cyan, 50.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 254.12°, with 73.91% saturation and 68.43% 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 5.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 2.85.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2404

Complementary

  1. #8f73ea
  2. #ceea73

Split complementary

  1. #8f73ea
  2. #eacb73
  3. #92ea73

Analogous

  1. #7392ea
  2. #8f73ea
  3. #cb73ea

Triadic

  1. #8f73ea
  2. #ea8f73
  3. #73ea8f

Tetradic

  1. #8f73ea
  2. #ea73ce
  3. #ceea73
  4. #73ea8f

Square

  1. #8f73ea
  2. #ea7392
  3. #ceea73
  4. #73eacb

Monochromatic

  1. #3c1aaa
  2. #5a30e0
  3. #8f73ea
  4. #c4b6f4
  5. #f1edfc

Shades

#8f73ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8f73ea
  2. #8168d3
  3. #725cbb
  4. #6451a4
  5. #56458c
  6. #483a75
  7. #392e5e
  8. #2b2346
  9. #1d172f
  10. #0e0c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8f73ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8f73ea
  2. #9a81ec
  3. #a58fee
  4. #b19df0
  5. #bcabf2
  6. #c7b9f5
  7. #d2c7f7
  8. #ddd5f9
  9. #e9e3fb
  10. #f4f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8f73ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8f73ea
  2. #8e74df
  3. #8c76d5
  4. #8b77ca
  5. #8978c0
  6. #887ab5
  7. #867baa
  8. #857ca0
  9. #837d95
  10. #827f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a7fb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4288ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4684e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #778ba4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6980ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b7ee8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8182c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8f73ea {
  color: #8f73ea;
}
Background
.bg-8f73ea {
  background-color: #8f73ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8f73ea {
  border: 2px solid #8f73ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8f73ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 115 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 74% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8f73ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8f73ea, #cb73ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8f73ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 115 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 2.85 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.76 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.96 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.34 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.65 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.87 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.80 #708c15 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8f73ea  rgb(143, 115, 234)  hsl(254, 74%, 68%)  Medium Purple
#ceea73  rgb(206, 234, 115)  hsl(74, 74%, 68%)  June Bud
#ea8f73  rgb(234, 143, 115)  hsl(14, 74%, 68%)  Dark Salmon
#73ea8f  rgb(115, 234, 143)  hsl(134, 74%, 68%)  Light Green