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#8D5DFD

#8d5dfd ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8d5dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.29% red, 36.47% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.27% cyan, 63.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 258°, with 97.56% saturation and 67.84% 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 5.12:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.42.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2058

Complementary

  1. #8d5dfd
  2. #cdfd5d

Split complementary

  1. #8d5dfd
  2. #fddd5d
  3. #7dfd5d

Analogous

  1. #5d7dfd
  2. #8d5dfd
  3. #dd5dfd

Triadic

  1. #8d5dfd
  2. #fd8d5d
  3. #5dfd8d

Tetradic

  1. #8d5dfd
  2. #fd5dcd
  3. #cdfd5d
  4. #5dfd8d

Square

  1. #8d5dfd
  2. #fd5d7d
  3. #cdfd5d
  4. #5dfddd

Monochromatic

  1. #3b02bf
  2. #5811fc
  3. #8d5dfd
  4. #c2a9fe
  5. #f1ebff

Shades

#8d5dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8d5dfd
  2. #7f54e4
  3. #714aca
  4. #6341b1
  5. #553898
  6. #472f7f
  7. #382565
  8. #2a1c4c
  9. #1c1333
  10. #0e0919
  11. #000000

Tints

#8d5dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8d5dfd
  2. #986dfd
  3. #a47dfd
  4. #af8efe
  5. #bb9efe
  6. #c6aefe
  7. #d1befe
  8. #ddcefe
  9. #e8dfff
  10. #f4efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8d5dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8d5dfd
  2. #8c61f1
  3. #8a64e4
  4. #8968d8
  5. #886bcb
  6. #876fbf
  7. #8572b2
  8. #8476a6
  9. #837999
  10. #817d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8472be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007afa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6c83a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5073ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5370fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b75ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8d5dfd {
  color: #8d5dfd;
}
Background
.bg-8d5dfd {
  background-color: #8d5dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8d5dfd {
  border: 2px solid #8d5dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8d5dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 141 93 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 98% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8d5dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8d5dfd, #dd5dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8d5dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(141 93 253 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.42 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.92 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.25 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.09 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.76 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.68 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.90 #72a202 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8d5dfd  rgb(141, 93, 253)  hsl(258, 98%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#cdfd5d  rgb(205, 253, 93)  hsl(78, 98%, 68%)  Green Yellow
#fd8d5d  rgb(253, 141, 93)  hsl(18, 98%, 68%)  Coral
#5dfd8d  rgb(93, 253, 141)  hsl(138, 98%, 68%)  Spring Green