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#855EFE

#855efe ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#855efe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.64% cyan, 62.99% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 254.63°, with 98.77% saturation and 68.24% 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 5.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.57.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2015

Complementary

  1. #855efe
  2. #d7fe5e

Split complementary

  1. #855efe
  2. #fed55e
  3. #87fe5e

Analogous

  1. #5e87fe
  2. #855efe
  3. #d55efe

Triadic

  1. #855efe
  2. #fe855e
  3. #5efe85

Tetradic

  1. #855efe
  2. #fe5ed7
  3. #d7fe5e
  4. #5efe85

Square

  1. #855efe
  2. #fe5e87
  3. #d7fe5e
  4. #5efed5

Monochromatic

  1. #3001c2
  2. #4b12fe
  3. #855efe
  4. #bfaafe
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#855efe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #855efe
  2. #7855e5
  3. #6a4bcb
  4. #5d42b2
  5. #503898
  6. #432f7f
  7. #352666
  8. #281c4c
  9. #1b1333
  10. #0d0919
  11. #000000

Tints

#855efe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #855efe
  2. #916efe
  3. #9d7efe
  4. #aa8efe
  5. #b69efe
  6. #c2afff
  7. #cebfff
  8. #dacfff
  9. #e7dfff
  10. #f3efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#855efe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #855efe
  2. #8561f1
  3. #8465e5
  4. #8468d8
  5. #836ccc
  6. #836fbf
  7. #8272b2
  8. #8276a6
  9. #817999
  10. #817d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8071be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0078fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5d84a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4873ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a6ffc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6f77cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-855efe {
  color: #855efe;
}
Background
.bg-855efe {
  background-color: #855efe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-855efe {
  border: 2px solid #855efe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #855efe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 94 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 99% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-855efe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #855efe, #d55efe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-855efe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 94 254 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.57 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.35 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.39 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.94 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.97 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.03 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 10.81 #7aa101 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#855efe  rgb(133, 94, 254)  hsl(255, 99%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d7fe5e  rgb(215, 254, 94)  hsl(75, 99%, 68%)  Electric Lime
#fe855e  rgb(254, 133, 94)  hsl(15, 99%, 68%)  Coral
#5efe85  rgb(94, 254, 133)  hsl(135, 99%, 68%)  Spring Green