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#956CEA

#956cea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#956cea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.43% red, 42.35% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.32% cyan, 53.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 259.52°, with 75% 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 5.61:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 2.56.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2306

Complementary

  1. #956cea
  2. #c1ea6c

Split complementary

  1. #956cea
  2. #ead46c
  3. #82ea6c

Analogous

  1. #6c82ea
  2. #956cea
  3. #d46cea

Triadic

  1. #956cea
  2. #ea956c
  3. #6cea95

Tetradic

  1. #956cea
  2. #ea6cc1
  3. #c1ea6c
  4. #6cea95

Square

  1. #956cea
  2. #ea6c82
  3. #c1ea6c
  4. #6cead4

Monochromatic

  1. #4618a5
  2. #6529e0
  3. #956cea
  4. #c5aff4
  5. #f2edfc

Shades

#956cea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #956cea
  2. #8661d3
  3. #7756bb
  4. #684ca4
  5. #59418c
  6. #4b3675
  7. #3c2b5e
  8. #2d2046
  9. #1e162f
  10. #0f0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#956cea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #956cea
  2. #a07bec
  3. #aa89ee
  4. #b598f0
  5. #bfa7f2
  6. #cab6f5
  7. #d5c4f7
  8. #dfd3f9
  9. #eae2fb
  10. #f4f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#956cea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #956cea
  2. #936edf
  3. #9170d5
  4. #8f72ca
  5. #8d74c0
  6. #8b76b5
  7. #8878aa
  8. #867aa0
  9. #847c95
  10. #827e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b7bb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3585ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4082e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8186a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #697ced ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c7ae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #897cc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-956cea {
  color: #956cea;
}
Background
.bg-956cea {
  background-color: #956cea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-956cea {
  border: 2px solid #956cea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #956cea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 149 108 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 75% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-956cea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #956cea, #d46cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-956cea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(149 108 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 2.56 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.01 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.47 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.05 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.92 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.42 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.78 #6a9315 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#956cea  rgb(149, 108, 234)  hsl(260, 75%, 67%)  Medium Purple
#c1ea6c  rgb(193, 234, 108)  hsl(80, 75%, 67%)  Inchworm
#ea956c  rgb(234, 149, 108)  hsl(20, 75%, 67%)  Dark Salmon
#6cea95  rgb(108, 234, 149)  hsl(140, 75%, 67%)  Light Green