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#9C8CED

#9c8ced ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9c8ced is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 54.9% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.18% cyan, 40.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 249.9°, with 72.93% 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 7.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 8.38.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3194

Complementary

  1. #9c8ced
  2. #dded8c

Split complementary

  1. #9c8ced
  2. #edcd8c
  3. #aced8c

Analogous

  1. #8caced
  2. #9c8ced
  3. #cd8ced

Triadic

  1. #9c8ced
  2. #ed9c8c
  3. #8ced9c

Tetradic

  1. #9c8ced
  2. #ed8cdd
  3. #dded8c
  4. #8ced9c

Square

  1. #9c8ced
  2. #ed8cac
  3. #dded8c
  4. #8cedcd

Monochromatic

  1. #391ec2
  2. #634ae3
  3. #9c8ced
  4. #d5cef7
  5. #f0edfc

Shades

#9c8ced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9c8ced
  2. #8c7ed5
  3. #7d70be
  4. #6d62a6
  5. #5e548e
  6. #4e4677
  7. #3e385f
  8. #2f2a47
  9. #1f1c2f
  10. #100e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#9c8ced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9c8ced
  2. #a698ef
  3. #b0a3f1
  4. #baaff2
  5. #c4baf4
  6. #cec6f6
  7. #d7d1f8
  8. #e1ddfa
  9. #ebe8fb
  10. #f5f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9c8ced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9c8ced
  2. #998be2
  3. #968ad7
  4. #9488cc
  5. #9187c1
  6. #8e86b7
  7. #8b85ac
  8. #8884a1
  9. #868296
  10. #83818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a94c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6d9bf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e97eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #889eb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8295ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8393ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9097cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9c8ced {
  color: #9c8ced;
}
Background
.bg-9c8ced {
  background-color: #9c8ced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9c8ced {
  border: 2px solid #9c8ced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9c8ced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 140 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 73% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9c8ced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9c8ced, #cd8ced);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9c8ced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 140 237 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.38 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.51 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.17 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 11.50 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 12.06 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.13 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.54 #637312 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#9c8ced  rgb(156, 140, 237)  hsl(250, 73%, 74%)  Medium Purple
#dded8c  rgb(221, 237, 140)  hsl(70, 73%, 74%)  Pastel Yellow
#ed9c8c  rgb(237, 156, 140)  hsl(10, 73%, 74%)  Vivid Tangerine
#8ced9c  rgb(140, 237, 156)  hsl(130, 73%, 74%)  Light Green