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#968BEE

#968bee ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#968bee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 54.51% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.97% cyan, 41.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 246.67°, with 74.44% saturation and 73.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 8.39.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3112

Complementary

  1. #968bee
  2. #e3ee8b

Split complementary

  1. #968bee
  2. #eec88b
  3. #b1ee8b

Analogous

  1. #8bb1ee
  2. #968bee
  3. #c88bee

Triadic

  1. #968bee
  2. #ee968b
  3. #8bee96

Tetradic

  1. #968bee
  2. #ee8be3
  3. #e3ee8b
  4. #8bee96

Square

  1. #968bee
  2. #ee8bb1
  3. #e3ee8b
  4. #8beec8

Monochromatic

  1. #2f1dc3
  2. #5a48e4
  3. #968bee
  4. #d2cef8
  5. #efedfc

Shades

#968bee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #968bee
  2. #877dd6
  3. #786fbe
  4. #6961a7
  5. #5a538f
  6. #4b4677
  7. #3c385f
  8. #2d2a47
  9. #1e1c30
  10. #0f0e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#968bee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #968bee
  2. #a197f0
  3. #aba2f1
  4. #b6aef3
  5. #c0b9f5
  6. #cbc5f7
  7. #d5d1f8
  8. #e0dcfa
  9. #eae8fc
  10. #f5f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#968bee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #968bee
  2. #948ae3
  3. #9289d8
  4. #8f88cd
  5. #8d87c2
  6. #8b86b7
  7. #8984ac
  8. #8783a1
  9. #848296
  10. #82818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9793c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a9af2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6895ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7e9eb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e94f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d91ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8897cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-968bee {
  color: #968bee;
}
Background
.bg-968bee {
  background-color: #968bee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-968bee {
  border: 2px solid #968bee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #968bee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 139 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 247 74% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-968bee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #968bee, #c88bee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-968bee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 139 238 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.39 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.61 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.82 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.69 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.12 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 12.12 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.12 #697411 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#968bee  rgb(150, 139, 238)  hsl(247, 74%, 74%)  Medium Purple
#e3ee8b  rgb(227, 238, 139)  hsl(67, 74%, 74%)  Pastel Yellow
#ee968b  rgb(238, 150, 139)  hsl(7, 74%, 74%)  Vivid Tangerine
#8bee96  rgb(139, 238, 150)  hsl(127, 74%, 74%)  Light Green