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#896EE3

#896ee3 ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#896ee3 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 43.14% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.65% cyan, 51.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 253.85°, with 67.63% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 2.69.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2202

Complementary

  1. #896ee3
  2. #c8e36e

Split complementary

  1. #896ee3
  2. #e3c46e
  3. #8de36e

Analogous

  1. #6e8de3
  2. #896ee3
  3. #c46ee3

Triadic

  1. #896ee3
  2. #e3896e
  3. #6ee389

Tetradic

  1. #896ee3
  2. #e36ec8
  3. #c8e36e
  4. #6ee389

Square

  1. #896ee3
  2. #e36e8d
  3. #c8e36e
  4. #6ee3c4

Monochromatic

  1. #3b1e9a
  2. #552ed7
  3. #896ee3
  4. #bdaeef
  5. #f1eefc

Shades

#896ee3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #896ee3
  2. #7b63cc
  3. #6e58b6
  4. #604d9f
  5. #524288
  6. #453772
  7. #372c5b
  8. #292144
  9. #1b162d
  10. #0e0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#896ee3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #896ee3
  2. #957de6
  3. #a18be9
  4. #ac9aeb
  5. #b8a8ee
  6. #c4b7f1
  7. #d0c5f4
  8. #dcd4f7
  9. #e7e2f9
  10. #f3f1fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#896ee3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #896ee3
  2. #8870d9
  3. #8772cf
  4. #8673c5
  5. #8575bb
  6. #8577b2
  7. #8479a8
  8. #837b9e
  9. #827c94
  10. #817e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #847ab1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3c83e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #407fe0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #71869e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #647be5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6578e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b7dbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-896ee3 {
  color: #896ee3;
}
Background
.bg-896ee3 {
  background-color: #896ee3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-896ee3 {
  border: 2px solid #896ee3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #896ee3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 110 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 68% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-896ee3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #896ee3, #c46ee3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-896ee3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 110 227 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 2.69 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.49 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.18 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.83 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.44 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.56 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 11.04 #76911c Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#896ee3  rgb(137, 110, 227)  hsl(254, 68%, 66%)  Medium Purple
#c8e36e  rgb(200, 227, 110)  hsl(74, 68%, 66%)  June Bud
#e3896e  rgb(227, 137, 110)  hsl(14, 68%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#6ee389  rgb(110, 227, 137)  hsl(134, 68%, 66%)  Pastel Green