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#826DCD

#826dcd ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#826dcd is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.98% red, 42.75% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.59% cyan, 46.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 253.13°, with 48.98% saturation and 61.57% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.02:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 3.88.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2009

Complementary

  1. #826dcd
  2. #b8cd6d

Split complementary

  1. #826dcd
  2. #cdb26d
  3. #88cd6d

Analogous

  1. #6d88cd
  2. #826dcd
  3. #b26dcd

Triadic

  1. #826dcd
  2. #cd826d
  3. #6dcd82

Tetradic

  1. #826dcd
  2. #cd6db8
  3. #b8cd6d
  4. #6dcd82

Square

  1. #826dcd
  2. #cd6d88
  3. #b8cd6d
  4. #6dcdb2

Monochromatic

  1. #3a2978
  2. #563db1
  3. #826dcd
  4. #b3a6e1
  5. #e4dff4

Shades

#826dcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #826dcd
  2. #7562b9
  3. #6857a4
  4. #5b4c90
  5. #4e417b
  6. #413767
  7. #342c52
  8. #27213e
  9. #1a1629
  10. #0d0b15
  11. #000000

Tints

#826dcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #826dcd
  2. #8f7cd2
  3. #9b8ad7
  4. #a899dc
  5. #b4a7e1
  6. #c1b6e6
  7. #cdc5eb
  8. #dad3f0
  9. #e6e2f5
  10. #f3f0fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#826dcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #826dcd
  2. #826fc5
  3. #8271be
  4. #8173b6
  5. #8175ae
  6. #8177a7
  7. #81789f
  8. #817a97
  9. #807c8f
  10. #807e88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e76a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4b7dd0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4d7acb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6f8093 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6577cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6675cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7779ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-826dcd {
  color: #826dcd;
}
Background
.bg-826dcd {
  background-color: #826dcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-826dcd {
  border: 2px solid #826dcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #826dcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 130 109 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 49% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-826dcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #826dcd, #b26dcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-826dcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(130 109 205 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.88 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.50 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.67 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.41 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.69 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.47 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.68 #7d9232 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#826dcd  rgb(130, 109, 205)  hsl(253, 49%, 62%)  Medium Purple
#b8cd6d  rgb(184, 205, 109)  hsl(73, 49%, 62%)  June Bud
#cd826d  rgb(205, 130, 109)  hsl(13, 49%, 62%)  Terra Cotta
#6dcd82  rgb(109, 205, 130)  hsl(133, 49%, 62%)  Emerald