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#7966EA

#7966ea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#7966ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.29% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 248.64°, with 75.86% saturation and 65.88% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 0.9.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1951

Complementary

  1. #7966ea
  2. #d7ea66

Split complementary

  1. #7966ea
  2. #eabb66
  3. #95ea66

Analogous

  1. #6695ea
  2. #7966ea
  3. #bb66ea

Triadic

  1. #7966ea
  2. #ea7966
  3. #66ea79

Tetradic

  1. #7966ea
  2. #ea66d7
  3. #d7ea66
  4. #66ea79

Square

  1. #7966ea
  2. #ea6695
  3. #d7ea66
  4. #66eabb

Monochromatic

  1. #2a16a1
  2. #3e23e1
  3. #7966ea
  4. #b4a9f3
  5. #efedfc

Shades

#7966ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7966ea
  2. #6d5cd3
  3. #6152bb
  4. #5547a4
  5. #493d8c
  6. #3d3375
  7. #30295e
  8. #241f46
  9. #18142f
  10. #0c0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#7966ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7966ea
  2. #8675ec
  3. #9485ee
  4. #a194f0
  5. #afa3f2
  6. #bcb3f5
  7. #c9c2f7
  8. #d7d1f9
  9. #e4e0fb
  10. #f2f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7966ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7966ea
  2. #7a69df
  3. #7a6bd5
  4. #7b6eca
  5. #7c70c0
  6. #7d73b5
  7. #7d76aa
  8. #7e78a0
  9. #7f7b95
  10. #7f7d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a73b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #017eee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #51849e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4e75ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d70e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6479c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7966ea {
  color: #7966ea;
}
Background
.bg-7966ea {
  background-color: #7966ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7966ea {
  border: 2px solid #7966ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7966ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7966ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7966ea, #bb66ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7966ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 0.90 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.18 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.37 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.78 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.88 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.61 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 9.17 #869915 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#7966ea  rgb(121, 102, 234)  hsl(249, 76%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d7ea66  rgb(215, 234, 102)  hsl(69, 76%, 66%)  June Bud
#ea7966  rgb(234, 121, 102)  hsl(9, 76%, 66%)  Terra Cotta
#66ea79  rgb(102, 234, 121)  hsl(129, 76%, 66%)  Pastel Green