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#856AFE

#856afe ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#856afe is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 41.57% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.64% cyan, 58.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 250.95°, with 98.67% saturation and 70.59% 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 5.49:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.8.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2245

Complementary

  1. #856afe
  2. #e3fe6a

Split complementary

  1. #856afe
  2. #fecf6a
  3. #99fe6a

Analogous

  1. #6a99fe
  2. #856afe
  3. #cf6afe

Triadic

  1. #856afe
  2. #fe856a
  3. #6afe85

Tetradic

  1. #856afe
  2. #fe6ae3
  3. #e3fe6a
  4. #6afe85

Square

  1. #856afe
  2. #fe6a99
  3. #e3fe6a
  4. #6afecf

Monochromatic

  1. #2701ce
  2. #471efd
  3. #856afe
  4. #c3b6ff
  5. #eeebff

Shades

#856afe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #856afe
  2. #785fe5
  3. #6a55cb
  4. #5d4ab2
  5. #504098
  6. #43357f
  7. #352a66
  8. #28204c
  9. #1b1533
  10. #0d0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#856afe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #856afe
  2. #9179fe
  3. #9d88fe
  4. #aa97fe
  5. #b6a6fe
  6. #c2b5ff
  7. #cec3ff
  8. #dad2ff
  9. #e7e1ff
  10. #f3f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#856afe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #856afe
  2. #856cf1
  3. #846ee5
  4. #8471d8
  5. #8373cc
  6. #8375bf
  7. #8277b2
  8. #8279a6
  9. #817c99
  10. #817e8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8379c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0086ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007efb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5c8caa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #527cff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5277fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6f80d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-856afe {
  color: #856afe;
}
Background
.bg-856afe {
  background-color: #856afe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-856afe {
  border: 2px solid #856afe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #856afe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 106 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 99% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-856afe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #856afe, #cf6afe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-856afe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 106 254 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.80 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.16 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.18 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 9.77 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.82 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 11.13 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 11.56 #7a9501 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#856afe  rgb(133, 106, 254)  hsl(251, 99%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue
#e3fe6a  rgb(227, 254, 106)  hsl(71, 99%, 71%)  Chartreuse Yellow
#fe856a  rgb(254, 133, 106)  hsl(11, 99%, 71%)  Salmon
#6afe85  rgb(106, 254, 133)  hsl(131, 99%, 71%)  Spring Green