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#8564CA

#8564ca ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8564ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 39.22% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.16% cyan, 50.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 259.41°, with 49.04% saturation and 59.22% 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 4.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 4.33.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1837

Complementary

  1. #8564ca
  2. #a9ca64

Split complementary

  1. #8564ca
  2. #cab864
  3. #76ca64

Analogous

  1. #6476ca
  2. #8564ca
  3. #b864ca

Triadic

  1. #8564ca
  2. #ca8564
  3. #64ca85

Tetradic

  1. #8564ca
  2. #ca64a9
  3. #a9ca64
  4. #64ca85

Square

  1. #8564ca
  2. #ca6476
  3. #a9ca64
  4. #64cab8

Monochromatic

  1. #3e266f
  2. #5d39a8
  3. #8564ca
  4. #b29ddd
  5. #dfd6f1

Shades

#8564ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8564ca
  2. #785ab6
  3. #6a50a2
  4. #5d468d
  5. #503c79
  6. #433265
  7. #352851
  8. #281e3d
  9. #1b1428
  10. #0d0a14
  11. #000000

Tints

#8564ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8564ca
  2. #9174cf
  3. #9d83d5
  4. #aa93da
  5. #b6a2df
  6. #c2b2e5
  7. #cec1ea
  8. #dad1ef
  9. #e7e0f4
  10. #f3f0fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8564ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8564ca
  2. #8567c3
  3. #846abb
  4. #846cb4
  5. #836fac
  6. #8372a5
  7. #82759e
  8. #827896
  9. #817a8f
  10. #817d87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d709f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3e77ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4675c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #75788e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6270cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #656fc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7c70a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8564ca {
  color: #8564ca;
}
Background
.bg-8564ca {
  background-color: #8564ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8564ca {
  border: 2px solid #8564ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8564ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 100 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 49% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8564ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8564ca, #b864ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8564ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 100 202 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.33 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.98 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.19 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.27 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 7.94 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.24 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.53 #7a9b35 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#8564ca  rgb(133, 100, 202)  hsl(259, 49%, 59%)  Amethyst
#a9ca64  rgb(169, 202, 100)  hsl(79, 49%, 59%)  Pistachio
#ca8564  rgb(202, 133, 100)  hsl(19, 49%, 59%)  Raw Sienna
#64ca85  rgb(100, 202, 133)  hsl(139, 49%, 59%)  Emerald