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#885EEE

#885eee ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#885eee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 36.86% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.86% cyan, 60.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 257.5°, with 80.9% saturation and 65.1% 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 4.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.64.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1941

Complementary

  1. #885eee
  2. #c4ee5e

Split complementary

  1. #885eee
  2. #eed05e
  3. #7cee5e

Analogous

  1. #5e7cee
  2. #885eee
  3. #d05eee

Triadic

  1. #885eee
  2. #ee885e
  3. #5eee88

Tetradic

  1. #885eee
  2. #ee5ec4
  3. #c4ee5e
  4. #5eee88

Square

  1. #885eee
  2. #ee5e7c
  3. #c4ee5e
  4. #5eeed0

Monochromatic

  1. #3b11a2
  2. #5519e7
  3. #885eee
  4. #bba3f5
  5. #eee8fd

Shades

#885eee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #885eee
  2. #7a55d6
  3. #6d4bbe
  4. #5f42a7
  5. #52388f
  6. #442f77
  7. #36265f
  8. #291c47
  9. #1b1330
  10. #0e0918
  11. #000000

Tints

#885eee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #885eee
  2. #946ef0
  3. #a07ef1
  4. #ac8ef3
  5. #b89ef5
  6. #c4aff7
  7. #cfbff8
  8. #dbcffa
  9. #e7dffc
  10. #f3effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#885eee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #885eee
  2. #8761e3
  3. #8665d8
  4. #8668cd
  5. #856cc2
  6. #846fb7
  7. #8372ac
  8. #8276a1
  9. #827996
  10. #817d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8070b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0077eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6b7f9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5371f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #566eec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7873c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-885eee {
  color: #885eee;
}
Background
.bg-885eee {
  background-color: #885eee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-885eee {
  border: 2px solid #885eee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #885eee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 94 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 81% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-885eee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #885eee, #d05eee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-885eee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 94 238 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.64 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.15 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.11 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.18 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.31 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.99 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 10.66 #77a111 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#885eee  rgb(136, 94, 238)  hsl(258, 81%, 65%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c4ee5e  rgb(196, 238, 94)  hsl(78, 81%, 65%)  Inchworm
#ee885e  rgb(238, 136, 94)  hsl(18, 81%, 65%)  Coral
#5eee88  rgb(94, 238, 136)  hsl(138, 81%, 65%)  Light Green