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#8963EE

#8963ee ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#8963ee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 38.82% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.44% cyan, 58.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 256.4°, with 80.35% saturation and 66.08% 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 5.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.92.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2042

Complementary

  1. #8963ee
  2. #c8ee63

Split complementary

  1. #8963ee
  2. #eece63
  3. #83ee63

Analogous

  1. #6383ee
  2. #8963ee
  3. #ce63ee

Triadic

  1. #8963ee
  2. #ee8963
  3. #63ee89

Tetradic

  1. #8963ee
  2. #ee63c8
  3. #c8ee63
  4. #63ee89

Square

  1. #8963ee
  2. #ee6383
  3. #c8ee63
  4. #63eece

Monochromatic

  1. #3a12a6
  2. #551ee6
  3. #8963ee
  4. #bda8f6
  5. #f1edfd

Shades

#8963ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8963ee
  2. #7b59d6
  3. #6e4fbe
  4. #6045a7
  5. #523b8f
  6. #453277
  7. #37285f
  8. #291e47
  9. #1b1430
  10. #0e0a18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8963ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8963ee
  2. #9573f0
  3. #a182f1
  4. #ac92f3
  5. #b8a1f5
  6. #c4b1f7
  7. #d0c1f8
  8. #dcd0fa
  9. #e7e0fc
  10. #f3effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8963ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8963ee
  2. #8866e3
  3. #8769d8
  4. #866ccd
  5. #856fc2
  6. #8572b7
  7. #8474ac
  8. #8377a1
  9. #827a96
  10. #817d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8273b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007ff3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0e7aeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6d829f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5875f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a71ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7977c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8963ee {
  color: #8963ee;
}
Background
.bg-8963ee {
  background-color: #8963ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8963ee {
  border: 2px solid #8963ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8963ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 99 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 80% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8963ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8963ee, #ce63ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8963ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 99 238 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.92 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.11 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.82 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.78 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 9.28 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.64 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 10.90 #769c11 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#8963ee  rgb(137, 99, 238)  hsl(256, 80%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c8ee63  rgb(200, 238, 99)  hsl(76, 80%, 66%)  Inchworm
#ee8963  rgb(238, 137, 99)  hsl(16, 80%, 66%)  Coral
#63ee89  rgb(99, 238, 137)  hsl(136, 80%, 66%)  Light Green