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#9E5CFF

#9e5cff ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#9e5cff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 36.08% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.04% cyan, 63.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 264.29°, with 100% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.43:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 6.75.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2214

Complementary

  1. #9e5cff
  2. #bdff5c

Split complementary

  1. #9e5cff
  2. #ffef5c
  3. #6cff5c

Analogous

  1. #5c6cff
  2. #9e5cff
  3. #ef5cff

Triadic

  1. #9e5cff
  2. #ff9e5c
  3. #5cff9e

Tetradic

  1. #9e5cff
  2. #ff5cbd
  3. #bdff5c
  4. #5cff9e

Square

  1. #9e5cff
  2. #ff5c6c
  3. #bdff5c
  4. #5cffef

Monochromatic

  1. #4f00c2
  2. #7010ff
  3. #9e5cff
  4. #cca9ff
  5. #f3ebff

Shades

#9e5cff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9e5cff
  2. #8e53e6
  3. #7e4acc
  4. #6f40b3
  5. #5f3799
  6. #4f2e80
  7. #3f2566
  8. #2f1c4d
  9. #201233
  10. #10091a
  11. #000000

Tints

#9e5cff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9e5cff
  2. #a86cff
  3. #b17dff
  4. #bb8dff
  5. #c59dff
  6. #cfaeff
  7. #d8beff
  8. #e2ceff
  9. #ecdeff
  10. #f5efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9e5cff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9e5cff
  2. #9b60f2
  3. #9863e6
  4. #9567d9
  5. #926acc
  6. #8f6ec0
  7. #8c72b3
  8. #8975a6
  9. #867999
  10. #837c8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e74c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0082ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0080fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8781a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e75ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6573fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9174d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9e5cff {
  color: #9e5cff;
}
Background
.bg-9e5cff {
  background-color: #9e5cff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9e5cff {
  border: 2px solid #9e5cff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9e5cff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 92 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 100% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9e5cff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9e5cff, #ef5cff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9e5cff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 92 255 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.75 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.87 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.68 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.13 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.25 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 11.03 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.44 #61a300 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#9e5cff  rgb(158, 92, 255)  hsl(264, 100%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#bdff5c  rgb(189, 255, 92)  hsl(84, 100%, 68%)  Green Yellow
#ff9e5c  rgb(255, 158, 92)  hsl(24, 100%, 68%)  Sandy Brown
#5cff9e  rgb(92, 255, 158)  hsl(144, 100%, 68%)  Medium Spring Green