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#8564CB

#8564cb ≈ Amethyst

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8564cb 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 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.48% cyan, 50.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 259.22°, with 49.76% saturation and 59.41% 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 4.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amethyst (#9966cc), ΔE 4.36.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1841

Complementary

  1. #8564cb
  2. #aacb64

Split complementary

  1. #8564cb
  2. #cbb864
  3. #76cb64

Analogous

  1. #6476cb
  2. #8564cb
  3. #b864cb

Triadic

  1. #8564cb
  2. #cb8564
  3. #64cb85

Tetradic

  1. #8564cb
  2. #cb64aa
  3. #aacb64
  4. #64cb85

Square

  1. #8564cb
  2. #cb6476
  3. #aacb64
  4. #64cbb8

Monochromatic

  1. #3e2670
  2. #5d39aa
  3. #8564cb
  4. #b29dde
  5. #dfd7f1

Shades

#8564cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8564cb
  2. #785ab7
  3. #6a50a2
  4. #5d468e
  5. #503c7a
  6. #433266
  7. #352851
  8. #281e3d
  9. #1b1429
  10. #0d0a14
  11. #000000

Tints

#8564cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8564cb
  2. #9174d0
  3. #9d83d5
  4. #aa93db
  5. #b6a2e0
  6. #c2b2e5
  7. #cec1ea
  8. #dad1ef
  9. #e7e0f5
  10. #f3f0fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8564cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8564cb
  2. #8567c4
  3. #846abc
  4. #846cb5
  5. #836fad
  6. #8372a6
  7. #82759e
  8. #827897
  9. #817a8f
  10. #817d88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d70a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3e78cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4576c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #75788e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6270cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #656fca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7c71aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8564cb {
  color: #8564cb;
}
Background
.bg-8564cb {
  background-color: #8564cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8564cb {
  border: 2px solid #8564cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8564cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 100 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 50% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8564cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8564cb, #b864cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8564cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 100 203 / 0.35);
}

#9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.36 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.91 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.11 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.14 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 8.05 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.17 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.63 #7a9b34 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Amethyst
#8564cb  rgb(133, 100, 203)  hsl(259, 50%, 59%)  Amethyst
#aacb64  rgb(170, 203, 100)  hsl(79, 50%, 59%)  June Bud
#cb8564  rgb(203, 133, 100)  hsl(19, 50%, 59%)  Raw Sienna
#64cb85  rgb(100, 203, 133)  hsl(139, 50%, 59%)  Emerald