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#896FCA

#896fca ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#896fca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 43.53% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.18% cyan, 45.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 257.14°, with 46.19% saturation and 61.37% 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 5.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 3.16.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2095

Complementary

  1. #896fca
  2. #b0ca6f

Split complementary

  1. #896fca
  2. #cab66f
  3. #82ca6f

Analogous

  1. #6f82ca
  2. #896fca
  3. #b66fca

Triadic

  1. #896fca
  2. #ca896f
  3. #6fca89

Tetradic

  1. #896fca
  2. #ca6fb0
  3. #b0ca6f
  4. #6fca89

Square

  1. #896fca
  2. #ca6f82
  3. #b0ca6f
  4. #6fcab6

Monochromatic

  1. #402b75
  2. #5f40ad
  3. #896fca
  4. #b7a7df
  5. #e5dff3

Shades

#896fca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #896fca
  2. #7b64b6
  3. #6e59a2
  4. #604e8d
  5. #524379
  6. #453865
  7. #372c51
  8. #29213d
  9. #1b1628
  10. #0e0b14
  11. #000000

Tints

#896fca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #896fca
  2. #957dcf
  3. #a18cd5
  4. #ac9ada
  5. #b8a9df
  6. #c4b7e5
  7. #d0c5ea
  8. #dcd4ef
  9. #e7e2f4
  10. #f3f1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#896fca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #896fca
  2. #8871c3
  3. #8772bb
  4. #8674b4
  5. #8576ac
  6. #8578a5
  7. #84799e
  8. #837b96
  9. #827d8f
  10. #817e87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8378a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #527fcd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #567dc8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7a8093 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c79cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e78c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8179ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-896fca {
  color: #896fca;
}
Background
.bg-896fca {
  background-color: #896fca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-896fca {
  border: 2px solid #896fca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #896fca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 111 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 46% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-896fca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #896fca, #b66fca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-896fca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 111 202 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.16 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.55 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.91 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.99 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.99 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.71 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.85 #769035 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#896fca  rgb(137, 111, 202)  hsl(257, 46%, 61%)  Medium Purple
#b0ca6f  rgb(176, 202, 111)  hsl(77, 46%, 61%)  Pistachio
#ca896f  rgb(202, 137, 111)  hsl(17, 46%, 61%)  Dark Salmon
#6fca89  rgb(111, 202, 137)  hsl(137, 46%, 61%)  Emerald