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#886EEE

#886eee ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#886eee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 43.14% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.86% cyan, 53.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 252.19°, with 79.01% saturation and 68.24% 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 5.51:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.82.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2256

Complementary

  1. #886eee
  2. #d4ee6e

Split complementary

  1. #886eee
  2. #eec86e
  3. #94ee6e

Analogous

  1. #6e94ee
  2. #886eee
  3. #c86eee

Triadic

  1. #886eee
  2. #ee886e
  3. #6eee88

Tetradic

  1. #886eee
  2. #ee6ed4
  3. #d4ee6e
  4. #6eee88

Square

  1. #886eee
  2. #ee6e94
  3. #d4ee6e
  4. #6eeec8

Monochromatic

  1. #3414af
  2. #502ae6
  3. #886eee
  4. #c0b2f6
  5. #f0edfd

Shades

#886eee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #886eee
  2. #7a63d6
  3. #6d58be
  4. #5f4da7
  5. #52428f
  6. #443777
  7. #362c5f
  8. #292147
  9. #1b1630
  10. #0e0b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#886eee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #886eee
  2. #947df0
  3. #a08bf1
  4. #ac9af3
  5. #b8a8f5
  6. #c4b7f7
  7. #cfc5f8
  8. #dbd4fa
  9. #e7e2fc
  10. #f3f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#886eee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #886eee
  2. #8770e3
  3. #8672d8
  4. #8673cd
  5. #8575c2
  6. #8477b7
  7. #8379ac
  8. #827ba1
  9. #827c96
  10. #817e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #857bb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2d85f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3080eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6a89a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f7df1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6079ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #777fc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-886eee {
  color: #886eee;
}
Background
.bg-886eee {
  background-color: #886eee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-886eee {
  border: 2px solid #886eee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #886eee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 110 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 79% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-886eee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #886eee, #c86eee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-886eee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 110 238 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.82 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.00 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.50 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.39 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.45 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.14 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 11.46 #779111 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#886eee  rgb(136, 110, 238)  hsl(252, 79%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d4ee6e  rgb(212, 238, 110)  hsl(72, 79%, 68%)  June Bud
#ee886e  rgb(238, 136, 110)  hsl(12, 79%, 68%)  Dark Salmon
#6eee88  rgb(110, 238, 136)  hsl(132, 79%, 68%)  Light Green