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#9866EA

#9866ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#9866ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.04% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 262.73°, with 75.86% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 3.58.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2212

Complementary

  1. #9866ea
  2. #b8ea66

Split complementary

  1. #9866ea
  2. #eada66
  3. #76ea66

Analogous

  1. #6676ea
  2. #9866ea
  3. #da66ea

Triadic

  1. #9866ea
  2. #ea9866
  3. #66ea98

Tetradic

  1. #9866ea
  2. #ea66b8
  3. #b8ea66
  4. #66ea98

Square

  1. #9866ea
  2. #ea6676
  3. #b8ea66
  4. #66eada

Monochromatic

  1. #4b16a1
  2. #6b23e1
  3. #9866ea
  4. #c5a9f3
  5. #f3edfc

Shades

#9866ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9866ea
  2. #895cd3
  3. #7a52bb
  4. #6a47a4
  5. #5b3d8c
  6. #4c3375
  7. #3d295e
  8. #2e1f46
  9. #1e142f
  10. #0f0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#9866ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9866ea
  2. #a275ec
  3. #ad85ee
  4. #b794f0
  5. #c1a3f2
  6. #ccb3f5
  7. #d6c2f7
  8. #e0d1f9
  9. #eae0fb
  10. #f5f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9866ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9866ea
  2. #9669df
  3. #936bd5
  4. #916eca
  5. #8e70c0
  6. #8c73b5
  7. #8a76aa
  8. #8778a0
  9. #857b95
  10. #827d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b77b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2682ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3a80e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #86819e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6878ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c77e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8d77c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9866ea {
  color: #9866ea;
}
Background
.bg-9866ea {
  background-color: #9866ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9866ea {
  border: 2px solid #9866ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9866ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 263 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9866ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9866ea, #da66ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9866ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.58 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.94 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.50 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.70 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.54 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.11 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.29 #679915 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#9866ea  rgb(152, 102, 234)  hsl(263, 76%, 66%)  Medium Purple
#b8ea66  rgb(184, 234, 102)  hsl(83, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm
#ea9866  rgb(234, 152, 102)  hsl(23, 76%, 66%)  Persian Orange
#66ea98  rgb(102, 234, 152)  hsl(143, 76%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green