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#856FEB

#856feb ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#856feb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 43.53% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.4% cyan, 52.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 250.65°, with 75.61% saturation and 67.84% 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 5.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.65.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2235

Complementary

  1. #856feb
  2. #d5eb6f

Split complementary

  1. #856feb
  2. #ebc36f
  3. #97eb6f

Analogous

  1. #6f97eb
  2. #856feb
  3. #c36feb

Triadic

  1. #856feb
  2. #eb856f
  3. #6feb85

Tetradic

  1. #856feb
  2. #eb6fd5
  3. #d5eb6f
  4. #6feb85

Square

  1. #856feb
  2. #eb6f97
  3. #d5eb6f
  4. #6febc3

Monochromatic

  1. #3118a9
  2. #4c2ce2
  3. #856feb
  4. #beb2f4
  5. #f0edfd

Shades

#856feb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #856feb
  2. #7864d4
  3. #6a59bc
  4. #5d4ea5
  5. #50438d
  6. #433876
  7. #352c5e
  8. #282147
  9. #1b162f
  10. #0d0b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#856feb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #856feb
  2. #917ded
  3. #9d8cef
  4. #aa9af1
  5. #b6a9f3
  6. #c2b7f5
  7. #cec5f7
  8. #dad4f9
  9. #e7e2fb
  10. #f3f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#856feb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #856feb
  2. #8571e0
  3. #8472d6
  4. #8474cb
  5. #8376c0
  6. #8378b6
  7. #8279ab
  8. #827ba0
  9. #817d95
  10. #817e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #837bb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3385ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #337fe8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #668aa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f7dee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f79e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7480c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-856feb {
  color: #856feb;
}
Background
.bg-856feb {
  background-color: #856feb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-856feb {
  border: 2px solid #856feb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #856feb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 111 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 76% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-856feb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #856feb, #c36feb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-856feb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 111 235 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.65 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.10 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.69 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.09 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.01 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 11.15 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 11.30 #7a9014 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#856feb  rgb(133, 111, 235)  hsl(251, 76%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d5eb6f  rgb(213, 235, 111)  hsl(71, 76%, 68%)  June Bud
#eb856f  rgb(235, 133, 111)  hsl(11, 76%, 68%)  Salmon
#6feb85  rgb(111, 235, 133)  hsl(131, 76%, 68%)  Light Green