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#985DED

#985ded ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#985ded is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 36.47% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.86% cyan, 60.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 264.58°, with 80% saturation and 64.71% 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 5.12:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 5.59.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2062

Complementary

  1. #985ded
  2. #b2ed5d

Split complementary

  1. #985ded
  2. #ede05d
  3. #6aed5d

Analogous

  1. #5d6aed
  2. #985ded
  3. #e05ded

Triadic

  1. #985ded
  2. #ed985d
  3. #5ded98

Tetradic

  1. #985ded
  2. #ed5db2
  3. #b2ed5d
  4. #5ded98

Square

  1. #985ded
  2. #ed5d6a
  3. #b2ed5d
  4. #5dede0

Monochromatic

  1. #4c129f
  2. #6c19e4
  3. #985ded
  4. #c4a2f5
  5. #f0e7fc

Shades

#985ded mixed progressively with black.

  1. #985ded
  2. #8954d5
  3. #7a4abe
  4. #6a41a6
  5. #5b388e
  6. #4c2f77
  7. #3d255f
  8. #2e1c47
  9. #1e132f
  10. #0f0918
  11. #000000

Tints

#985ded mixed progressively with white.

  1. #985ded
  2. #a26def
  3. #ad7df1
  4. #b78ef2
  5. #c19ef4
  6. #ccaef6
  7. #d6bef8
  8. #e0cefa
  9. #eadffb
  10. #f5effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#985ded mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #985ded
  2. #9661e2
  3. #9364d7
  4. #9168cc
  5. #8e6bc1
  6. #8c6fb7
  7. #8a72ac
  8. #8776a1
  9. #857996
  10. #827d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8972b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007df2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #237cea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #857c9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6172f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6771eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8d71c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-985ded {
  color: #985ded;
}
Background
.bg-985ded {
  background-color: #985ded;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-985ded {
  border: 2px solid #985ded;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #985ded;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 93 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 80% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-985ded {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #985ded, #e05ded);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-985ded {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 93 237 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.59 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.67 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.98 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.34 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.49 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.54 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.68 #67a212 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#985ded  rgb(152, 93, 237)  hsl(265, 80%, 65%)  Medium Purple
#b2ed5d  rgb(178, 237, 93)  hsl(85, 80%, 65%)  Inchworm
#ed985d  rgb(237, 152, 93)  hsl(25, 80%, 65%)  Persian Orange
#5ded98  rgb(93, 237, 152)  hsl(145, 80%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green