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#9656FA

#9656fa ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#9656fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 33.73% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40% cyan, 65.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 263.41°, with 94.25% saturation and 65.88% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 6.32.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2004

Complementary

  1. #9656fa
  2. #bafa56

Split complementary

  1. #9656fa
  2. #fae856
  3. #68fa56

Analogous

  1. #5668fa
  2. #9656fa
  3. #e856fa

Triadic

  1. #9656fa
  2. #fa9656
  3. #56fa96

Tetradic

  1. #9656fa
  2. #fa56ba
  3. #bafa56
  4. #56fa96

Square

  1. #9656fa
  2. #fa5668
  3. #bafa56
  4. #56fae8

Monochromatic

  1. #4905b2
  2. #680cf8
  3. #9656fa
  4. #c4a0fc
  5. #f2ebfe

Shades

#9656fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9656fa
  2. #874de1
  3. #7845c8
  4. #693caf
  5. #5a3496
  6. #4b2b7d
  7. #3c2264
  8. #2d1a4b
  9. #1e1132
  10. #0f0919
  11. #000000

Tints

#9656fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9656fa
  2. #a167fb
  3. #ab78fb
  4. #b689fc
  5. #c09afc
  6. #cbabfd
  7. #d5bbfd
  8. #e0ccfe
  9. #eaddfe
  10. #f5eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9656fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9656fa
  2. #945aee
  3. #925ee2
  4. #8f63d5
  5. #8d67c9
  6. #8b6bbd
  7. #896fb1
  8. #8773a5
  9. #847898
  10. #827c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #876fbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007af7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7d7da1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #556ffd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c6df8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #886fcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9656fa {
  color: #9656fa;
}
Background
.bg-9656fa {
  background-color: #9656fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9656fa {
  border: 2px solid #9656fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9656fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 86 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 263 94% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9656fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9656fa, #e856fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9656fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 86 250 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.32 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.56 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.78 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.60 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.22 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.58 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.70 #69a905 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#9656fa  rgb(150, 86, 250)  hsl(263, 94%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue
#bafa56  rgb(186, 250, 86)  hsl(83, 94%, 66%)  Green Yellow
#fa9656  rgb(250, 150, 86)  hsl(23, 94%, 66%)  Sandy Brown
#56fa96  rgb(86, 250, 150)  hsl(143, 94%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green