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#855EE8

#855ee8 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#855ee8 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 36.86% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.67% cyan, 59.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 256.96°, with 75% saturation and 63.92% 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 4.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1882

Complementary

  1. #855ee8
  2. #c1e85e

Split complementary

  1. #855ee8
  2. #e8ca5e
  3. #7ce85e

Analogous

  1. #5e7ce8
  2. #855ee8
  3. #ca5ee8

Triadic

  1. #855ee8
  2. #e8855e
  3. #5ee885

Tetradic

  1. #855ee8
  2. #e85ec1
  3. #c1e85e
  4. #5ee885

Square

  1. #855ee8
  2. #e85e7c
  3. #c1e85e
  4. #5ee8ca

Monochromatic

  1. #3a1697
  2. #541fda
  3. #855ee8
  4. #b8a1f2
  5. #eae4fb

Shades

#855ee8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #855ee8
  2. #7855d1
  3. #6a4bba
  4. #5d42a2
  5. #50388b
  6. #432f74
  7. #35265d
  8. #281c46
  9. #1b132e
  10. #0d0917
  11. #000000

Tints

#855ee8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #855ee8
  2. #916eea
  3. #9d7eed
  4. #aa8eef
  5. #b69ef1
  6. #c2aff4
  7. #cebff6
  8. #dacff8
  9. #e7dffa
  10. #f3effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#855ee8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #855ee8
  2. #8561de
  3. #8465d3
  4. #8468c9
  5. #836cbe
  6. #836fb4
  7. #8272aa
  8. #82769f
  9. #817995
  10. #817d8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d6fb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007aec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #697d9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5370eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #566de6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7572be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-855ee8 {
  color: #855ee8;
}
Background
.bg-855ee8 {
  background-color: #855ee8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-855ee8 {
  border: 2px solid #855ee8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #855ee8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 94 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 75% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-855ee8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #855ee8, #ca5ee8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-855ee8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 94 232 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.60 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.16 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.27 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.91 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.61 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.20 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 10.40 #7aa117 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#855ee8  rgb(133, 94, 232)  hsl(257, 75%, 64%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c1e85e  rgb(193, 232, 94)  hsl(77, 75%, 64%)  Inchworm
#e8855e  rgb(232, 133, 94)  hsl(17, 75%, 64%)  Coral
#5ee885  rgb(94, 232, 133)  hsl(137, 75%, 64%)  Pastel Green