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#906EE6

#906ee6 ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#906ee6 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.47% red, 43.14% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.39% cyan, 52.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 257°, with 70.59% saturation and 66.67% 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 5.56:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 2.06.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2279

Complementary

  1. #906ee6
  2. #c4e66e

Split complementary

  1. #906ee6
  2. #e6cc6e
  3. #88e66e

Analogous

  1. #6e88e6
  2. #906ee6
  3. #cc6ee6

Triadic

  1. #906ee6
  2. #e6906e
  3. #6ee690

Tetradic

  1. #906ee6
  2. #e66ec4
  3. #c4e66e
  4. #6ee690

Square

  1. #906ee6
  2. #e66e88
  3. #c4e66e
  4. #6ee6cc

Monochromatic

  1. #411ca0
  2. #5e2ddb
  3. #906ee6
  4. #c2aff1
  5. #f2eefc

Shades

#906ee6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #906ee6
  2. #8263cf
  3. #7358b8
  4. #654da1
  5. #56428a
  6. #483773
  7. #3a2c5c
  8. #2b2145
  9. #1d162e
  10. #0e0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#906ee6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #906ee6
  2. #9b7de9
  3. #a68beb
  4. #b19aee
  5. #bca8f0
  6. #c8b7f3
  7. #d3c5f5
  8. #ded4f8
  9. #e9e2fa
  10. #f4f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#906ee6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #906ee6
  2. #8e70dc
  3. #8d72d2
  4. #8b73c7
  5. #8a75bd
  6. #8877b3
  7. #8679a9
  8. #857b9f
  9. #837c94
  10. #827e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #897bb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3c85ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4381e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7b86a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #687ce8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a7ae4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #847dc0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-906ee6 {
  color: #906ee6;
}
Background
.bg-906ee6 {
  background-color: #906ee6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-906ee6 {
  border: 2px solid #906ee6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #906ee6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 144 110 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 71% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-906ee6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #906ee6, #cc6ee6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-906ee6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(144 110 230 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 2.06 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 4.44 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.63 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.38 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.86 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.37 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.77 #6f9119 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#906ee6  rgb(144, 110, 230)  hsl(257, 71%, 67%)  Medium Purple
#c4e66e  rgb(196, 230, 110)  hsl(77, 71%, 67%)  June Bud
#e6906e  rgb(230, 144, 110)  hsl(17, 71%, 67%)  Dark Salmon
#6ee690  rgb(110, 230, 144)  hsl(137, 71%, 67%)  Light Green