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#856CEA

#856cea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#856cea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 42.35% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.16% cyan, 53.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 251.9°, with 75% saturation and 67.06% 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 5.33:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.17.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2165

Complementary

  1. #856cea
  2. #d1ea6c

Split complementary

  1. #856cea
  2. #eac46c
  3. #92ea6c

Analogous

  1. #6c92ea
  2. #856cea
  3. #c46cea

Triadic

  1. #856cea
  2. #ea856c
  3. #6cea85

Tetradic

  1. #856cea
  2. #ea6cd1
  3. #d1ea6c
  4. #6cea85

Square

  1. #856cea
  2. #ea6c92
  3. #d1ea6c
  4. #6ceac4

Monochromatic

  1. #3418a5
  2. #4d29e0
  3. #856cea
  4. #bdaff4
  5. #f0edfc

Shades

#856cea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #856cea
  2. #7861d3
  3. #6a56bb
  4. #5d4ca4
  5. #50418c
  6. #433675
  7. #352b5e
  8. #282046
  9. #1b162f
  10. #0d0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#856cea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #856cea
  2. #917bec
  3. #9d89ee
  4. #aa98f0
  5. #b6a7f2
  6. #c2b6f5
  7. #cec4f7
  8. #dad3f9
  9. #e7e2fb
  10. #f3f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#856cea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #856cea
  2. #856edf
  3. #8470d5
  4. #8472ca
  5. #8374c0
  6. #8376b5
  7. #8278aa
  8. #827aa0
  9. #817c95
  10. #817e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8279b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2c83ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2e7de7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6787a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d7aed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d77e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #747dc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-856cea {
  color: #856cea;
}
Background
.bg-856cea {
  background-color: #856cea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-856cea {
  border: 2px solid #856cea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #856cea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 108 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 75% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-856cea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #856cea, #c46cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-856cea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 108 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.17 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.08 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.25 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.40 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 9.94 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.53 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 11.15 #7a9315 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#856cea  rgb(133, 108, 234)  hsl(252, 75%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d1ea6c  rgb(209, 234, 108)  hsl(72, 75%, 67%)  June Bud
#ea856c  rgb(234, 133, 108)  hsl(12, 75%, 67%)  Salmon
#6cea85  rgb(108, 234, 133)  hsl(132, 75%, 67%)  Light Green