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#966DFD

#966dfd ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#966dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 42.75% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.71% cyan, 56.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 257.08°, with 97.3% saturation and 70.98% 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 5.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 5.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2451

Complementary

  1. #966dfd
  2. #d4fd6d

Split complementary

  1. #966dfd
  2. #fdde6d
  3. #8cfd6d

Analogous

  1. #6d8cfd
  2. #966dfd
  3. #de6dfd

Triadic

  1. #966dfd
  2. #fd966d
  3. #6dfd96

Tetradic

  1. #966dfd
  2. #fd6dd4
  3. #d4fd6d
  4. #6dfd96

Square

  1. #966dfd
  2. #fd6d8c
  3. #d4fd6d
  4. #6dfdde

Monochromatic

  1. #3d03ce
  2. #6022fc
  3. #966dfd
  4. #ccb8fe
  5. #f1ebff

Shades

#966dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #966dfd
  2. #8762e4
  3. #7857ca
  4. #694cb1
  5. #5a4198
  6. #4b377f
  7. #3c2c65
  8. #2d214c
  9. #1e1633
  10. #0f0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#966dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #966dfd
  2. #a17cfd
  3. #ab8afd
  4. #b699fe
  5. #c0a7fe
  6. #cbb6fe
  7. #d5c5fe
  8. #e0d3fe
  9. #eae2ff
  10. #f5f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#966dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #966dfd
  2. #946ff1
  3. #9271e4
  4. #8f73d8
  5. #8d75cb
  6. #8b77bf
  7. #8978b2
  8. #877aa6
  9. #847c99
  10. #827e8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e7ec2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #128aff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2685fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7a8cab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #637fff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #667cfb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8681d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-966dfd {
  color: #966dfd;
}
Background
.bg-966dfd {
  background-color: #966dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-966dfd {
  border: 2px solid #966dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #966dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 109 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 97% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-966dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #966dfd, #de6dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-966dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 109 253 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.00 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.24 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.03 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.13 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 11.38 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.87 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 12.75 #699202 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#966dfd  rgb(150, 109, 253)  hsl(257, 97%, 71%)  Medium Purple
#d4fd6d  rgb(212, 253, 109)  hsl(77, 97%, 71%)  Inchworm
#fd966d  rgb(253, 150, 109)  hsl(17, 97%, 71%)  Light Salmon
#6dfd96  rgb(109, 253, 150)  hsl(137, 97%, 71%)  Mint Green