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#8564EE

#8564ee ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8564ee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 39.22% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.12% cyan, 57.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 254.35°, with 80.23% saturation and 66.27% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.16.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2027

Complementary

  1. #8564ee
  2. #cdee64

Split complementary

  1. #8564ee
  2. #eeca64
  3. #88ee64

Analogous

  1. #6488ee
  2. #8564ee
  3. #ca64ee

Triadic

  1. #8564ee
  2. #ee8564
  3. #64ee85

Tetradic

  1. #8564ee
  2. #ee64cd
  3. #cdee64
  4. #64ee85

Square

  1. #8564ee
  2. #ee6488
  3. #cdee64
  4. #64eeca

Monochromatic

  1. #3612a7
  2. #4f1fe6
  3. #8564ee
  4. #bba9f6
  5. #f1edfd

Shades

#8564ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8564ee
  2. #785ad6
  3. #6a50be
  4. #5d46a7
  5. #503c8f
  6. #433277
  7. #35285f
  8. #281e47
  9. #1b1430
  10. #0d0a18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8564ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8564ee
  2. #9174f0
  3. #9d83f1
  4. #aa93f3
  5. #b6a2f5
  6. #c2b2f7
  7. #cec1f8
  8. #dad1fa
  9. #e7e0fc
  10. #f3f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8564ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8564ee
  2. #8567e3
  3. #846ad8
  4. #846ccd
  5. #836fc2
  6. #8372b7
  7. #8275ac
  8. #8278a1
  9. #817a96
  10. #817d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8073b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007ff3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0379eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #66839f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5575f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5771ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7378c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8564ee {
  color: #8564ee;
}
Background
.bg-8564ee {
  background-color: #8564ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8564ee {
  border: 2px solid #8564ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8564ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 100 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 80% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8564ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8564ee, #ca64ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8564ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 100 238 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.16 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.33 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.29 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.40 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.93 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 9.89 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 10.53 #7a9b11 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8564ee  rgb(133, 100, 238)  hsl(254, 80%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#cdee64  rgb(205, 238, 100)  hsl(74, 80%, 66%)  Inchworm
#ee8564  rgb(238, 133, 100)  hsl(14, 80%, 66%)  Burnt Sienna
#64ee85  rgb(100, 238, 133)  hsl(134, 80%, 66%)  Light Green