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#896CF2

#896cf2 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#896cf2 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 42.35% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.39% cyan, 55.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 252.99°, with 83.75% saturation and 68.63% 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 5.49:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 2.74.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2245

Complementary

  1. #896cf2
  2. #d5f26c

Split complementary

  1. #896cf2
  2. #f2cc6c
  3. #92f26c

Analogous

  1. #6c92f2
  2. #896cf2
  3. #cc6cf2

Triadic

  1. #896cf2
  2. #f2896c
  3. #6cf289

Tetradic

  1. #896cf2
  2. #f26cd5
  3. #d5f26c
  4. #6cf289

Square

  1. #896cf2
  2. #f26c92
  3. #d5f26c
  4. #6cf2cc

Monochromatic

  1. #3410b5
  2. #5126ec
  3. #896cf2
  4. #c1b2f8
  5. #f0ecfd

Shades

#896cf2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #896cf2
  2. #7b61da
  3. #6e56c2
  4. #604ca9
  5. #524191
  6. #453679
  7. #372b61
  8. #292049
  9. #1b1630
  10. #0e0b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#896cf2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #896cf2
  2. #957bf3
  3. #a189f5
  4. #ac98f6
  5. #b8a7f7
  6. #c4b6f9
  7. #d0c4fa
  8. #dcd3fb
  9. #e7e2fc
  10. #f3f0fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#896cf2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #896cf2
  2. #886ee7
  3. #8770db
  4. #8672d0
  5. #8574c4
  6. #8576b9
  7. #8478ae
  8. #837aa2
  9. #827c97
  10. #817e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #857aba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1f85f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #257fef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6a89a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d7cf5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e78f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #787fc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-896cf2 {
  color: #896cf2;
}
Background
.bg-896cf2 {
  background-color: #896cf2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-896cf2 {
  border: 2px solid #896cf2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #896cf2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 108 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 84% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-896cf2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #896cf2, #cc6cf2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-896cf2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 108 242 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 2.74 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.40 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.63 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.43 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.50 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 11.28 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.37 #76930d Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#896cf2  rgb(137, 108, 242)  hsl(253, 84%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue
#d5f26c  rgb(213, 242, 108)  hsl(73, 84%, 69%)  Inchworm
#f2896c  rgb(242, 137, 108)  hsl(13, 84%, 69%)  Dark Salmon
#6cf289  rgb(108, 242, 137)  hsl(133, 84%, 69%)  Light Green