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#9C87F4

#9c87f4 ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9c87f4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 52.94% green and 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.07% cyan, 44.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 251.56°, with 83.21% saturation and 74.31% 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 7.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.38.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3093

Complementary

  1. #9c87f4
  2. #dff487

Split complementary

  1. #9c87f4
  2. #f4d287
  3. #a8f487

Analogous

  1. #87a8f4
  2. #9c87f4
  3. #d287f4

Triadic

  1. #9c87f4
  2. #f49c87
  3. #87f49c

Tetradic

  1. #9c87f4
  2. #f487df
  3. #dff487
  4. #87f49c

Square

  1. #9c87f4
  2. #f487a8
  3. #dff487
  4. #87f4d2

Monochromatic

  1. #3713cf
  2. #6241ee
  3. #9c87f4
  4. #d6cdfa
  5. #f0ecfd

Shades

#9c87f4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9c87f4
  2. #8c7adc
  3. #7d6cc3
  4. #6d5fab
  5. #5e5192
  6. #4e447a
  7. #3e3662
  8. #2f2949
  9. #1f1b31
  10. #100e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#9c87f4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9c87f4
  2. #a693f5
  3. #b09ff6
  4. #baabf7
  5. #c4b7f8
  6. #cec3fa
  7. #d7cffb
  8. #e1dbfc
  9. #ebe7fd
  10. #f5f3fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9c87f4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9c87f4
  2. #9986e8
  3. #9686dd
  4. #9485d1
  5. #9184c6
  6. #8e84ba
  7. #8b83ae
  8. #8882a3
  9. #868197
  10. #83818c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9991c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6199f8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6395f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #869cb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d92f6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e8ff2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8f94d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9c87f4 {
  color: #9c87f4;
}
Background
.bg-9c87f4 {
  background-color: #9c87f4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9c87f4 {
  border: 2px solid #9c87f4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9c87f4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 135 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 83% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9c87f4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9c87f4, #d287f4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9c87f4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 135 244 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.38 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.32 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.15 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.22 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.64 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.52 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 12.52 #63780b Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#9c87f4  rgb(156, 135, 244)  hsl(252, 83%, 74%)  Medium Purple
#dff487  rgb(223, 244, 135)  hsl(72, 83%, 74%)  Pastel Yellow
#f49c87  rgb(244, 156, 135)  hsl(12, 83%, 74%)  Vivid Tangerine
#87f49c  rgb(135, 244, 156)  hsl(132, 83%, 74%)  Light Green