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#855BEE

#855bee ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#855bee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.12% cyan, 61.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 257.14°, with 81.22% saturation and 64.51% 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 4.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.02.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1864

Complementary

  1. #855bee
  2. #c4ee5b

Split complementary

  1. #855bee
  2. #eece5b
  3. #7bee5b

Analogous

  1. #5b7bee
  2. #855bee
  3. #ce5bee

Triadic

  1. #855bee
  2. #ee855b
  3. #5bee85

Tetradic

  1. #855bee
  2. #ee5bc4
  3. #c4ee5b
  4. #5bee85

Square

  1. #855bee
  2. #ee5b7b
  3. #c4ee5b
  4. #5beece

Monochromatic

  1. #39119f
  2. #5218e5
  3. #855bee
  4. #b9a0f5
  5. #ece6fc

Shades

#855bee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #855bee
  2. #7852d6
  3. #6a49be
  4. #5d40a7
  5. #50378f
  6. #432e77
  7. #35245f
  8. #281b47
  9. #1b1230
  10. #0d0918
  11. #000000

Tints

#855bee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #855bee
  2. #916bf0
  3. #9d7cf1
  4. #aa8cf3
  5. #b69df5
  6. #c2adf7
  7. #cebdf8
  8. #dacefa
  9. #e7defc
  10. #f3effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#855bee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #855bee
  2. #855fe3
  3. #8462d8
  4. #8466cd
  5. #836ac2
  6. #836eb7
  7. #8271ac
  8. #8275a1
  9. #817996
  10. #817c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d6db4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007af3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #667d9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4e6ff1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #516bec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7471c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-855bee {
  color: #855bee;
}
Background
.bg-855bee {
  background-color: #855bee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-855bee {
  border: 2px solid #855bee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #855bee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 91 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 81% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-855bee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #855bee, #ce5bee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-855bee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 91 238 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.02 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.62 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.02 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.43 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.67 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.17 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.84 #7aa411 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#855bee  rgb(133, 91, 238)  hsl(257, 81%, 65%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c4ee5b  rgb(196, 238, 91)  hsl(77, 81%, 65%)  Inchworm
#ee855b  rgb(238, 133, 91)  hsl(17, 81%, 65%)  Coral
#5bee85  rgb(91, 238, 133)  hsl(137, 81%, 65%)  Spring Green