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#896AFD

#896afd ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#896afd 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 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.85% cyan, 58.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 252.65°, with 97.35% saturation and 70.39% 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 5.54:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.17.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2272

Complementary

  1. #896afd
  2. #defd6a

Split complementary

  1. #896afd
  2. #fdd26a
  3. #95fd6a

Analogous

  1. #6a95fd
  2. #896afd
  3. #d26afd

Triadic

  1. #896afd
  2. #fd896a
  3. #6afd89

Tetradic

  1. #896afd
  2. #fd6ade
  3. #defd6a
  4. #6afd89

Square

  1. #896afd
  2. #fd6a95
  3. #defd6a
  4. #6afdd2

Monochromatic

  1. #2d03cb
  2. #4d1ffc
  3. #896afd
  4. #c5b5fe
  5. #efebff

Shades

#896afd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #896afd
  2. #7b5fe4
  3. #6e55ca
  4. #604ab1
  5. #524098
  6. #45357f
  7. #372a65
  8. #29204c
  9. #1b1533
  10. #0e0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#896afd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #896afd
  2. #9579fd
  3. #a188fd
  4. #ac97fe
  5. #b8a6fe
  6. #c4b5fe
  7. #d0c3fe
  8. #dcd2fe
  9. #e7e1ff
  10. #f3f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#896afd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #896afd
  2. #886cf1
  3. #876ee4
  4. #8671d8
  5. #8573cb
  6. #8575bf
  7. #8477b2
  8. #8379a6
  9. #827c99
  10. #817e8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #857ac0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0086ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007ffa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #648ba9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #567cff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5777fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #757fd0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-896afd {
  color: #896afd;
}
Background
.bg-896afd {
  background-color: #896afd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-896afd {
  border: 2px solid #896afd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #896afd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 106 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 97% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-896afd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #896afd, #d26afd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-896afd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 106 253 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.17 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.73 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.72 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.07 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.43 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 11.47 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.14 #769502 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#896afd  rgb(137, 106, 253)  hsl(253, 97%, 70%)  Medium Slate Blue
#defd6a  rgb(222, 253, 106)  hsl(73, 97%, 70%)  Electric Lime
#fd896a  rgb(253, 137, 106)  hsl(13, 97%, 70%)  Coral
#6afd89  rgb(106, 253, 137)  hsl(133, 97%, 70%)  Spring Green