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#855FFA

#855ffa ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#855ffa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 37.25% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.8% cyan, 62% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 254.71°, with 93.94% saturation and 67.65% 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 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.22.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2007

Complementary

  1. #855ffa
  2. #d4fa5f

Split complementary

  1. #855ffa
  2. #fad35f
  3. #87fa5f

Analogous

  1. #5f87fa
  2. #855ffa
  3. #d35ffa

Triadic

  1. #855ffa
  2. #fa855f
  3. #5ffa85

Tetradic

  1. #855ffa
  2. #fa5fd4
  3. #d4fa5f
  4. #5ffa85

Square

  1. #855ffa
  2. #fa5f87
  3. #d4fa5f
  4. #5ffad3

Monochromatic

  1. #3206ba
  2. #4c15f8
  3. #855ffa
  4. #bea9fc
  5. #f0ebfe

Shades

#855ffa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #855ffa
  2. #7856e1
  3. #6a4cc8
  4. #5d43af
  5. #503996
  6. #43307d
  7. #352664
  8. #281d4b
  9. #1b1332
  10. #0d0a19
  11. #000000

Tints

#855ffa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #855ffa
  2. #916ffb
  3. #9d7ffb
  4. #aa8ffc
  5. #b69ffc
  6. #c2affd
  7. #cebffd
  8. #dacffe
  9. #e7dffe
  10. #f3efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#855ffa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #855ffa
  2. #8562ee
  3. #8466e2
  4. #8469d5
  5. #836cc9
  6. #8370bd
  7. #8273b1
  8. #8276a5
  9. #817998
  10. #817d8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8071bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0078f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5f84a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4b73fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d6ff8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7077cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-855ffa {
  color: #855ffa;
}
Background
.bg-855ffa {
  background-color: #855ffa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-855ffa {
  border: 2px solid #855ffa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #855ffa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 95 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 94% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-855ffa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #855ffa, #d35ffa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-855ffa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 95 250 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.22 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.93 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.05 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.56 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.78 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 9.97 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 10.61 #7aa005 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#855ffa  rgb(133, 95, 250)  hsl(255, 94%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d4fa5f  rgb(212, 250, 95)  hsl(75, 94%, 68%)  Electric Lime
#fa855f  rgb(250, 133, 95)  hsl(15, 94%, 68%)  Coral
#5ffa85  rgb(95, 250, 133)  hsl(135, 94%, 68%)  Spring Green