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#8564E3

#8564e3 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8564e3 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 39.22% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.41% cyan, 55.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 255.59°, with 69.4% saturation and 64.12% 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 4.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.86.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.1965

Complementary

  1. #8564e3
  2. #c2e364

Split complementary

  1. #8564e3
  2. #e3c564
  3. #83e364

Analogous

  1. #6483e3
  2. #8564e3
  3. #c564e3

Triadic

  1. #8564e3
  2. #e38564
  3. #64e385

Tetradic

  1. #8564e3
  2. #e364c2
  3. #c2e364
  4. #64e385

Square

  1. #8564e3
  2. #e36483
  3. #c2e364
  4. #64e3c5

Monochromatic

  1. #3a1b93
  2. #5426d4
  3. #8564e3
  4. #b8a5ef
  5. #ebe6fa

Shades

#8564e3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8564e3
  2. #785acc
  3. #6a50b6
  4. #5d469f
  5. #503c88
  6. #433272
  7. #35285b
  8. #281e44
  9. #1b142d
  10. #0d0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8564e3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8564e3
  2. #9174e6
  3. #9d83e9
  4. #aa93eb
  5. #b6a2ee
  6. #c2b2f1
  7. #cec1f4
  8. #dad1f7
  9. #e7e0f9
  10. #f3f0fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8564e3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8564e3
  2. #8567d9
  3. #846acf
  4. #846cc5
  5. #836fbb
  6. #8372b2
  7. #8275a8
  8. #82789e
  9. #817a94
  10. #817d8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f72ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1d7ce7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2778e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6b7f9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a73e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c71e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7675bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8564e3 {
  color: #8564e3;
}
Background
.bg-8564e3 {
  background-color: #8564e3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8564e3 {
  border: 2px solid #8564e3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8564e3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 100 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 69% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8564e3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8564e3, #c564e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8564e3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 100 227 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.86 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.69 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.17 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.53 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.56 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.96 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.30 #7a9b1c Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8564e3  rgb(133, 100, 227)  hsl(256, 69%, 64%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c2e364  rgb(194, 227, 100)  hsl(76, 69%, 64%)  June Bud
#e38564  rgb(227, 133, 100)  hsl(16, 69%, 64%)  Burnt Sienna
#64e385  rgb(100, 227, 133)  hsl(136, 69%, 64%)  Pastel Green