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#684EA9

#684ea9 ≈ Royal Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#684ea9 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 30.59% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.46% cyan, 53.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.73% black. Its hue angle is 257.14°, with 36.84% saturation and 48.43% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.46:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Purple (#7851a9), ΔE 3.62.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1126

Complementary

  1. #684ea9
  2. #8fa94e

Split complementary

  1. #684ea9
  2. #a9954e
  3. #62a94e

Analogous

  1. #4e62a9
  2. #684ea9
  3. #954ea9

Triadic

  1. #684ea9
  2. #a9684e
  3. #4ea968

Tetradic

  1. #684ea9
  2. #a94e8f
  3. #8fa94e
  4. #4ea968

Square

  1. #684ea9
  2. #a94e62
  3. #8fa94e
  4. #4ea995

Monochromatic

  1. #281e40
  2. #483675
  3. #684ea9
  4. #937fc4
  5. #bfb4dc

Shades

#684ea9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #684ea9
  2. #5e4698
  3. #533e87
  4. #493776
  5. #3e2f65
  6. #342755
  7. #2a1f44
  8. #1f1733
  9. #151022
  10. #0a0811
  11. #000000

Tints

#684ea9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #684ea9
  2. #7760b2
  3. #8671ba
  4. #9583c3
  5. #a495cb
  6. #b4a7d4
  7. #c3b8dd
  8. #d2cae5
  9. #e1dcee
  10. #f0edf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#684ea9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #684ea9
  2. #6a53a5
  3. #6d58a1
  4. #6f5d9d
  5. #726299
  6. #746795
  7. #766c90
  8. #79718c
  9. #7b7688
  10. #7e7b84
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #5e5e5e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #625883 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #275fac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2d5da7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #586174 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4959ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b57a8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5f5a8c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-684ea9 {
  color: #684ea9;
}
Background
.bg-684ea9 {
  background-color: #684ea9;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-684ea9 {
  border: 2px solid #684ea9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #684ea9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 78 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 37% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-684ea9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #684ea9, #954ea9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-684ea9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 78 169 / 0.35);
}

#7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 3.62 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 6.09 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.75 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 6.75 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 7.01 #663399 Rebecca Purple ΔE 7.54 #483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 8.02 #97b156 Inverted #5e5e5e Grayscale 

Royal Purple
#684ea9  rgb(104, 78, 169)  hsl(257, 37%, 48%)  Royal Purple
#8fa94e  rgb(143, 169, 78)  hsl(77, 37%, 48%)  Moss Green
#a9684e  rgb(169, 104, 78)  hsl(17, 37%, 48%)  Sienna
#4ea968  rgb(78, 169, 104)  hsl(137, 37%, 48%)  Medium Sea Green