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#895BEE

#895bee ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#895bee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 35.69% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.44% cyan, 61.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 258.78°, with 81.22% saturation and 64.51% 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 4.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 4.34.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.1897

Complementary

  1. #895bee
  2. #c0ee5b

Split complementary

  1. #895bee
  2. #eed35b
  3. #76ee5b

Analogous

  1. #5b76ee
  2. #895bee
  3. #d35bee

Triadic

  1. #895bee
  2. #ee895b
  3. #5bee89

Tetradic

  1. #895bee
  2. #ee5bc0
  3. #c0ee5b
  4. #5bee89

Square

  1. #895bee
  2. #ee5b76
  3. #c0ee5b
  4. #5beed3

Monochromatic

  1. #3d119f
  2. #5818e5
  3. #895bee
  4. #bba0f5
  5. #ede6fc

Shades

#895bee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #895bee
  2. #7b52d6
  3. #6e49be
  4. #6040a7
  5. #52378f
  6. #452e77
  7. #37245f
  8. #291b47
  9. #1b1230
  10. #0e0918
  11. #000000

Tints

#895bee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #895bee
  2. #956bf0
  3. #a17cf1
  4. #ac8cf3
  5. #b89df5
  6. #c4adf7
  7. #d0bdf8
  8. #dccefa
  9. #e7defc
  10. #f3effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#895bee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #895bee
  2. #885fe3
  3. #8762d8
  4. #8666cd
  5. #856ac2
  6. #856eb7
  7. #8471ac
  8. #8375a1
  9. #827996
  10. #817c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f6eb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007af3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6d7d9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #526ff1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #566cec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7971c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-895bee {
  color: #895bee;
}
Background
.bg-895bee {
  background-color: #895bee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-895bee {
  border: 2px solid #895bee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #895bee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 91 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 81% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-895bee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #895bee, #d35bee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-895bee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 91 238 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.34 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.69 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.15 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.22 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.05 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.76 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.89 #76a411 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#895bee  rgb(137, 91, 238)  hsl(259, 81%, 65%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c0ee5b  rgb(192, 238, 91)  hsl(79, 81%, 65%)  Inchworm
#ee895b  rgb(238, 137, 91)  hsl(19, 81%, 65%)  Coral
#5bee89  rgb(91, 238, 137)  hsl(139, 81%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green