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#996DEE

#996dee ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#996dee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 42.75% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.71% cyan, 54.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 260.47°, with 79.14% saturation and 68.04% 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 5.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 3.04.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2388

Complementary

  1. #996dee
  2. #c2ee6d

Split complementary

  1. #996dee
  2. #eeda6d
  3. #81ee6d

Analogous

  1. #6d81ee
  2. #996dee
  3. #da6dee

Triadic

  1. #996dee
  2. #ee996d
  3. #6dee99

Tetradic

  1. #996dee
  2. #ee6dc2
  3. #c2ee6d
  4. #6dee99

Square

  1. #996dee
  2. #ee6d81
  3. #c2ee6d
  4. #6deeda

Monochromatic

  1. #4914ae
  2. #6928e6
  3. #996dee
  4. #c9b2f6
  5. #f2edfd

Shades

#996dee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #996dee
  2. #8a62d6
  3. #7a57be
  4. #6b4ca7
  5. #5c418f
  6. #4d3777
  7. #3d2c5f
  8. #2e2147
  9. #1f1630
  10. #0f0b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#996dee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #996dee
  2. #a37cf0
  3. #ad8af1
  4. #b899f3
  5. #c2a7f5
  6. #ccb6f7
  7. #d6c5f8
  8. #e0d3fa
  9. #ebe2fc
  10. #f5f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#996dee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #996dee
  2. #976fe3
  3. #9471d8
  4. #9273cd
  5. #8f75c2
  6. #8d77b7
  7. #8a78ac
  8. #887aa1
  9. #857c96
  10. #837e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e7db9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3487f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4284eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8587a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b7df1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f7cec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8e7ec6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-996dee {
  color: #996dee;
}
Background
.bg-996dee {
  background-color: #996dee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-996dee {
  border: 2px solid #996dee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #996dee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 109 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 79% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-996dee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #996dee, #da6dee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-996dee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 109 238 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.04 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.67 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.88 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.59 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.77 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.02 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.34 #669211 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#996dee  rgb(153, 109, 238)  hsl(260, 79%, 68%)  Medium Purple
#c2ee6d  rgb(194, 238, 109)  hsl(80, 79%, 68%)  Inchworm
#ee996d  rgb(238, 153, 109)  hsl(20, 79%, 68%)  Light Salmon
#6dee99  rgb(109, 238, 153)  hsl(140, 79%, 68%)  Light Green