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#855AFD

#855afd ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#855afd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 35.29% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.43% cyan, 64.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 255.83°, with 97.6% saturation and 67.25% 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 4.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.25.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1939

Complementary

  1. #855afd
  2. #d2fd5a

Split complementary

  1. #855afd
  2. #fdd65a
  3. #80fd5a

Analogous

  1. #5a80fd
  2. #855afd
  3. #d65afd

Triadic

  1. #855afd
  2. #fd855a
  3. #5afd85

Tetradic

  1. #855afd
  2. #fd5ad2
  3. #d2fd5a
  4. #5afd85

Square

  1. #855afd
  2. #fd5a80
  3. #d2fd5a
  4. #5afdd6

Monochromatic

  1. #3302bc
  2. #4d0efc
  3. #855afd
  4. #bda6fe
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#855afd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #855afd
  2. #7851e4
  3. #6a48ca
  4. #5d3fb1
  5. #503698
  6. #432d7f
  7. #352465
  8. #281b4c
  9. #1b1233
  10. #0d0919
  11. #000000

Tints

#855afd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #855afd
  2. #916bfd
  3. #9d7bfd
  4. #aa8cfe
  5. #b69cfe
  6. #c2adfe
  7. #cebdfe
  8. #dacefe
  9. #e7deff
  10. #f3efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#855afd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #855afd
  2. #855ef1
  3. #8462e4
  4. #8465d8
  5. #8369cb
  6. #836dbf
  7. #8271b2
  8. #8275a6
  9. #817899
  10. #817c8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e6ebd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007dff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5e82a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4571ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #486cfb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6f74ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-855afd {
  color: #855afd;
}
Background
.bg-855afd {
  background-color: #855afd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-855afd {
  border: 2px solid #855afd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #855afd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 90 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 98% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-855afd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #855afd, #d65afd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-855afd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 90 253 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.25 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.90 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.04 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.31 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.04 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 10.22 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.29 #7aa502 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#855afd  rgb(133, 90, 253)  hsl(256, 98%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d2fd5a  rgb(210, 253, 90)  hsl(76, 98%, 67%)  Electric Lime
#fd855a  rgb(253, 133, 90)  hsl(16, 98%, 67%)  Coral
#5afd85  rgb(90, 253, 133)  hsl(136, 98%, 67%)  Spring Green