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#896EE4

#896ee4 ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#896ee4 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 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.91% cyan, 51.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 253.73°, with 68.6% saturation and 66.27% 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 5.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 2.79.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2207

Complementary

  1. #896ee4
  2. #c9e46e

Split complementary

  1. #896ee4
  2. #e4c46e
  3. #8ee46e

Analogous

  1. #6e8ee4
  2. #896ee4
  3. #c46ee4

Triadic

  1. #896ee4
  2. #e4896e
  3. #6ee489

Tetradic

  1. #896ee4
  2. #e46ec9
  3. #c9e46e
  4. #6ee489

Square

  1. #896ee4
  2. #e46e8e
  3. #c9e46e
  4. #6ee4c4

Monochromatic

  1. #3a1d9c
  2. #552dd8
  3. #896ee4
  4. #bdaef0
  5. #f1eefc

Shades

#896ee4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #896ee4
  2. #7b63cd
  3. #6e58b6
  4. #604da0
  5. #524289
  6. #453772
  7. #372c5b
  8. #292144
  9. #1b162e
  10. #0e0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#896ee4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #896ee4
  2. #957de7
  3. #a18be9
  4. #ac9aec
  5. #b8a8ef
  6. #c4b7f2
  7. #d0c5f4
  8. #dcd4f7
  9. #e7e2fa
  10. #f3f1fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#896ee4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #896ee4
  2. #8870da
  3. #8772d0
  4. #8673c6
  5. #8575bc
  6. #8577b2
  7. #8479a8
  8. #837b9e
  9. #827c94
  10. #817e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #847ab2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3b83e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3f7fe1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #70869f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #637be6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6578e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b7dbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-896ee4 {
  color: #896ee4;
}
Background
.bg-896ee4 {
  background-color: #896ee4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-896ee4 {
  border: 2px solid #896ee4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #896ee4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 110 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 69% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-896ee4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #896ee4, #c46ee4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-896ee4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 110 228 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 2.79 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.41 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.28 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.88 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.49 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.69 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.99 #76911b Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#896ee4  rgb(137, 110, 228)  hsl(254, 69%, 66%)  Medium Purple
#c9e46e  rgb(201, 228, 110)  hsl(74, 69%, 66%)  June Bud
#e4896e  rgb(228, 137, 110)  hsl(14, 69%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#6ee489  rgb(110, 228, 137)  hsl(134, 69%, 66%)  Pastel Green