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#8A6DFD

#8a6dfd ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8a6dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 42.75% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.45% cyan, 56.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 252.08°, with 97.3% saturation and 70.98% 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 5.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.55.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2343

Complementary

  1. #8a6dfd
  2. #e0fd6d

Split complementary

  1. #8a6dfd
  2. #fdd26d
  3. #98fd6d

Analogous

  1. #6d98fd
  2. #8a6dfd
  3. #d26dfd

Triadic

  1. #8a6dfd
  2. #fd8a6d
  3. #6dfd8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a6dfd
  2. #fd6de0
  3. #e0fd6d
  4. #6dfd8a

Square

  1. #8a6dfd
  2. #fd6d98
  3. #e0fd6d
  4. #6dfdd2

Monochromatic

  1. #2c03ce
  2. #4e22fc
  3. #8a6dfd
  4. #c6b8fe
  5. #efebff

Shades

#8a6dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a6dfd
  2. #7c62e4
  3. #6e57ca
  4. #614cb1
  5. #534198
  6. #45377f
  7. #372c65
  8. #29214c
  9. #1c1633
  10. #0e0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a6dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a6dfd
  2. #967cfd
  3. #a18afd
  4. #ad99fe
  5. #b9a7fe
  6. #c5b6fe
  7. #d0c5fe
  8. #dcd3fe
  9. #e8e2ff
  10. #f3f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a6dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a6dfd
  2. #896ff1
  3. #8871e4
  4. #8773d8
  5. #8675cb
  6. #8577bf
  7. #8478b2
  8. #837aa6
  9. #827c99
  10. #817e8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #877cc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0088ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0381fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #668dab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #597eff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a7afb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7682d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a6dfd {
  color: #8a6dfd;
}
Background
.bg-8a6dfd {
  background-color: #8a6dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a6dfd {
  border: 2px solid #8a6dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a6dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 109 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 97% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a6dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a6dfd, #d26dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a6dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 109 253 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.55 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.56 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.86 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.63 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.67 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.75 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 12.20 #759202 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8a6dfd  rgb(138, 109, 253)  hsl(252, 97%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue
#e0fd6d  rgb(224, 253, 109)  hsl(72, 97%, 71%)  Electric Lime
#fd8a6d  rgb(253, 138, 109)  hsl(12, 97%, 71%)  Salmon
#6dfd8a  rgb(109, 253, 138)  hsl(132, 97%, 71%)  Spring Green