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#856EE7

#856ee7 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#856ee7 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 43.14% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.42% cyan, 52.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 251.4°, with 71.6% saturation and 66.86% 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 5.38:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.64.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2191

Complementary

  1. #856ee7
  2. #d0e76e

Split complementary

  1. #856ee7
  2. #e7c16e
  3. #94e76e

Analogous

  1. #6e94e7
  2. #856ee7
  3. #c16ee7

Triadic

  1. #856ee7
  2. #e7856e
  3. #6ee785

Tetradic

  1. #856ee7
  2. #e76ed0
  3. #d0e76e
  4. #6ee785

Square

  1. #856ee7
  2. #e76e94
  3. #d0e76e
  4. #6ee7c1

Monochromatic

  1. #341ba1
  2. #4e2cdc
  3. #856ee7
  4. #bcb0f2
  5. #f0edfc

Shades

#856ee7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #856ee7
  2. #7863d0
  3. #6a58b9
  4. #5d4da2
  5. #50428b
  6. #433774
  7. #352c5c
  8. #282145
  9. #1b162e
  10. #0d0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#856ee7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #856ee7
  2. #917de9
  3. #9d8bec
  4. #aa9aee
  5. #b6a8f1
  6. #c2b7f3
  7. #cec5f5
  8. #dad4f8
  9. #e7e2fa
  10. #f3f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#856ee7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #856ee7
  2. #8570dd
  3. #8472d2
  4. #8473c8
  5. #8375be
  6. #8377b4
  7. #8279a9
  8. #827b9f
  9. #817c95
  10. #817e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #837ab3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3583eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #377ee4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6888a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f7bea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6078e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #757ec1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-856ee7 {
  color: #856ee7;
}
Background
.bg-856ee7 {
  background-color: #856ee7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-856ee7 {
  border: 2px solid #856ee7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #856ee7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 110 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 72% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-856ee7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #856ee7, #c16ee7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-856ee7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 110 231 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.64 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.73 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.17 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.61 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.10 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.93 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 11.15 #7a9118 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#856ee7  rgb(133, 110, 231)  hsl(251, 72%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d0e76e  rgb(208, 231, 110)  hsl(71, 72%, 67%)  June Bud
#e7856e  rgb(231, 133, 110)  hsl(11, 72%, 67%)  Salmon
#6ee785  rgb(110, 231, 133)  hsl(131, 72%, 67%)  Pastel Green