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#855BED

#855bed ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#855bed is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 35.69% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.88% cyan, 61.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 257.26°, with 80.22% saturation and 64.31% 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 4.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.06.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1858

Complementary

  1. #855bed
  2. #c3ed5b

Split complementary

  1. #855bed
  2. #edce5b
  3. #7aed5b

Analogous

  1. #5b7aed
  2. #855bed
  3. #ce5bed

Triadic

  1. #855bed
  2. #ed855b
  3. #5bed85

Tetradic

  1. #855bed
  2. #ed5bc3
  3. #c3ed5b
  4. #5bed85

Square

  1. #855bed
  2. #ed5b7a
  3. #c3ed5b
  4. #5bedce

Monochromatic

  1. #3a119e
  2. #5319e3
  3. #855bed
  4. #b8a0f5
  5. #ece5fc

Shades

#855bed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #855bed
  2. #7852d5
  3. #6a49be
  4. #5d40a6
  5. #50378e
  6. #432e77
  7. #35245f
  8. #281b47
  9. #1b122f
  10. #0d0918
  11. #000000

Tints

#855bed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #855bed
  2. #916bef
  3. #9d7cf1
  4. #aa8cf2
  5. #b69df4
  6. #c2adf6
  7. #cebdf8
  8. #dacefa
  9. #e7defb
  10. #f3effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#855bed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #855bed
  2. #855fe2
  3. #8462d7
  4. #8466cc
  5. #836ac1
  6. #836eb7
  7. #8271ac
  8. #8275a1
  9. #817996
  10. #817c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d6db3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007af2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0074ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #677d9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4f6ff0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #526beb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7471c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-855bed {
  color: #855bed;
}
Background
.bg-855bed {
  background-color: #855bed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-855bed {
  border: 2px solid #855bed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #855bed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 91 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 80% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-855bed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #855bed, #ce5bed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-855bed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 91 237 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.06 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.53 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.98 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.38 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.58 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.10 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.80 #7aa412 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#855bed  rgb(133, 91, 237)  hsl(257, 80%, 64%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c3ed5b  rgb(195, 237, 91)  hsl(77, 80%, 64%)  Inchworm
#ed855b  rgb(237, 133, 91)  hsl(17, 80%, 64%)  Coral
#5bed85  rgb(91, 237, 133)  hsl(137, 80%, 64%)  Light Green