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#896EE8

#896ee8 ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#896ee8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.95% cyan, 52.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 253.28°, with 72.62% saturation and 67.06% 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 5.46:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 3.15.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.223

Complementary

  1. #896ee8
  2. #cde86e

Split complementary

  1. #896ee8
  2. #e8c66e
  3. #90e86e

Analogous

  1. #6e90e8
  2. #896ee8
  3. #c66ee8

Triadic

  1. #896ee8
  2. #e8896e
  3. #6ee889

Tetradic

  1. #896ee8
  2. #e86ecd
  3. #cde86e
  4. #6ee889

Square

  1. #896ee8
  2. #e86e90
  3. #cde86e
  4. #6ee8c6

Monochromatic

  1. #381aa3
  2. #532cde
  3. #896ee8
  4. #bfb0f2
  5. #f1edfc

Shades

#896ee8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #896ee8
  2. #7b63d1
  3. #6e58ba
  4. #604da2
  5. #52428b
  6. #453774
  7. #372c5d
  8. #292146
  9. #1b162e
  10. #0e0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#896ee8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #896ee8
  2. #957dea
  3. #a18bed
  4. #ac9aef
  5. #b8a8f1
  6. #c4b7f4
  7. #d0c5f6
  8. #dcd4f8
  9. #e7e2fa
  10. #f3f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#896ee8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #896ee8
  2. #8870de
  3. #8772d3
  4. #8673c9
  5. #8575be
  6. #8577b4
  7. #8479aa
  8. #837b9f
  9. #827c95
  10. #817e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #857ab4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3684ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3a7fe5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6f88a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #627ceb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6379e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7a7ec1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-896ee8 {
  color: #896ee8;
}
Background
.bg-896ee8 {
  background-color: #896ee8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-896ee8 {
  border: 2px solid #896ee8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #896ee8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 110 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 73% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-896ee8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #896ee8, #c66ee8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-896ee8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 110 232 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 3.15 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.20 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.72 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.10 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.67 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 10.82 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.19 #769117 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#896ee8  rgb(137, 110, 232)  hsl(253, 73%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue
#cde86e  rgb(205, 232, 110)  hsl(73, 73%, 67%)  June Bud
#e8896e  rgb(232, 137, 110)  hsl(13, 73%, 67%)  Dark Salmon
#6ee889  rgb(110, 232, 137)  hsl(133, 73%, 67%)  Pastel Green