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#856BFE

#856bfe ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#856bfe is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 41.96% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.64% cyan, 57.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 250.61°, with 98.66% saturation and 70.78% 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 5.53:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.88.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2266

Complementary

  1. #856bfe
  2. #e4fe6b

Split complementary

  1. #856bfe
  2. #fece6b
  3. #9afe6b

Analogous

  1. #6b9afe
  2. #856bfe
  3. #ce6bfe

Triadic

  1. #856bfe
  2. #fe856b
  3. #6bfe85

Tetradic

  1. #856bfe
  2. #fe6be4
  3. #e4fe6b
  4. #6bfe85

Square

  1. #856bfe
  2. #fe6b9a
  3. #e4fe6b
  4. #6bfece

Monochromatic

  1. #2601cf
  2. #461ffd
  3. #856bfe
  4. #c4b7ff
  5. #eeebff

Shades

#856bfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #856bfe
  2. #7860e5
  3. #6a56cb
  4. #5d4bb2
  5. #504098
  6. #43367f
  7. #352b66
  8. #28204c
  9. #1b1533
  10. #0d0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#856bfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #856bfe
  2. #917afe
  3. #9d89fe
  4. #aa97fe
  5. #b6a6fe
  6. #c2b5ff
  7. #cec4ff
  8. #dad3ff
  9. #e7e1ff
  10. #f3f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#856bfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #856bfe
  2. #856df1
  3. #846fe5
  4. #8471d8
  5. #8373cc
  6. #8376bf
  7. #8278b2
  8. #827aa6
  9. #817c99
  10. #817e8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #847ac1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0087ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007ffb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5c8daa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #537cff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5377fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6e80d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-856bfe {
  color: #856bfe;
}
Background
.bg-856bfe {
  background-color: #856bfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-856bfe {
  border: 2px solid #856bfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #856bfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 107 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 99% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-856bfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #856bfe, #ce6bfe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-856bfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 107 254 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.88 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.13 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.25 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 9.79 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.98 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 11.35 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 11.54 #7a9401 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#856bfe  rgb(133, 107, 254)  hsl(251, 99%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue
#e4fe6b  rgb(228, 254, 107)  hsl(71, 99%, 71%)  Chartreuse Yellow
#fe856b  rgb(254, 133, 107)  hsl(11, 99%, 71%)  Salmon
#6bfe85  rgb(107, 254, 133)  hsl(131, 99%, 71%)  Spring Green