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#875EE3

#875ee3 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#875ee3 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 36.86% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.53% cyan, 58.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 258.5°, with 70.37% saturation and 62.94% 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 4.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.14.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.187

Complementary

  1. #875ee3
  2. #bae35e

Split complementary

  1. #875ee3
  2. #e3ca5e
  3. #77e35e

Analogous

  1. #5e77e3
  2. #875ee3
  3. #ca5ee3

Triadic

  1. #875ee3
  2. #e3875e
  3. #5ee387

Tetradic

  1. #875ee3
  2. #e35eba
  3. #bae35e
  4. #5ee387

Square

  1. #875ee3
  2. #e35e77
  3. #bae35e
  4. #5ee3ca

Monochromatic

  1. #3d198f
  2. #5924d0
  3. #875ee3
  4. #b89fee
  5. #e8e0fa

Shades

#875ee3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #875ee3
  2. #7a55cc
  3. #6c4bb6
  4. #5f429f
  5. #513888
  6. #442f72
  7. #36265b
  8. #291c44
  9. #1b132d
  10. #0e0917
  11. #000000

Tints

#875ee3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #875ee3
  2. #936ee6
  3. #9f7ee9
  4. #ab8eeb
  5. #b79eee
  6. #c3aff1
  7. #cfbff4
  8. #dbcff7
  9. #e7dff9
  10. #f3effc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#875ee3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #875ee3
  2. #8661d9
  3. #8665cf
  4. #8568c5
  5. #846cbb
  6. #846fb2
  7. #8372a8
  8. #82769e
  9. #817994
  10. #817d8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e6ead ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0079e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1a76e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6f7b98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #576fe6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a6de1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7971bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-875ee3 {
  color: #875ee3;
}
Background
.bg-875ee3 {
  background-color: #875ee3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-875ee3 {
  border: 2px solid #875ee3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #875ee3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 94 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 70% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-875ee3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #875ee3, #ca5ee3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-875ee3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 94 227 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.14 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.82 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.18 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.22 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.81 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.28 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.19 #78a11c Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#875ee3  rgb(135, 94, 227)  hsl(259, 70%, 63%)  Medium Slate Blue
#bae35e  rgb(186, 227, 94)  hsl(79, 70%, 63%)  June Bud
#e3875e  rgb(227, 135, 94)  hsl(19, 70%, 63%)  Raw Sienna
#5ee387  rgb(94, 227, 135)  hsl(139, 70%, 63%)  Pastel Green