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#896AEA

#896aea ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#896aea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 41.57% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.45% cyan, 54.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 254.53°, with 75.29% saturation and 66.67% 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 5.31:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.68.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2157

Complementary

  1. #896aea
  2. #cbea6a

Split complementary

  1. #896aea
  2. #eac96a
  3. #8bea6a

Analogous

  1. #6a8bea
  2. #896aea
  3. #c96aea

Triadic

  1. #896aea
  2. #ea896a
  3. #6aea89

Tetradic

  1. #896aea
  2. #ea6acb
  3. #cbea6a
  4. #6aea89

Square

  1. #896aea
  2. #ea6a8b
  3. #cbea6a
  4. #6aeac9

Monochromatic

  1. #3917a4
  2. #5427e1
  3. #896aea
  4. #beadf3
  5. #f1edfc

Shades

#896aea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #896aea
  2. #7b5fd3
  3. #6e55bb
  4. #604aa4
  5. #52408c
  6. #453575
  7. #372a5e
  8. #292046
  9. #1b152f
  10. #0e0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#896aea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #896aea
  2. #9579ec
  3. #a188ee
  4. #ac97f0
  5. #b8a6f2
  6. #c4b5f5
  7. #d0c3f7
  8. #dcd2f9
  9. #e7e1fb
  10. #f3f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#896aea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #896aea
  2. #886cdf
  3. #876ed5
  4. #8671ca
  5. #8573c0
  6. #8575b5
  7. #8477aa
  8. #8379a0
  9. #827c95
  10. #817e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8478b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2882ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2f7de7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6e85a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e79ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6076e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7a7bc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-896aea {
  color: #896aea;
}
Background
.bg-896aea {
  background-color: #896aea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-896aea {
  border: 2px solid #896aea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #896aea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 106 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 75% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-896aea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #896aea, #c96aea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-896aea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 106 234 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.68 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.71 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.56 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.48 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.53 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.66 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.20 #769515 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#896aea  rgb(137, 106, 234)  hsl(255, 75%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#cbea6a  rgb(203, 234, 106)  hsl(75, 75%, 67%)  June Bud
#ea896a  rgb(234, 137, 106)  hsl(15, 75%, 67%)  Dark Salmon
#6aea89  rgb(106, 234, 137)  hsl(135, 75%, 67%)  Light Green