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#9E83EE

#9e83ee ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9e83ee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 51.37% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.61% cyan, 44.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 255.14°, with 75.89% saturation and 72.35% 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 6.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.04.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.2967

Complementary

  1. #9e83ee
  2. #d3ee83

Split complementary

  1. #9e83ee
  2. #eed383
  3. #9dee83

Analogous

  1. #839dee
  2. #9e83ee
  3. #d383ee

Triadic

  1. #9e83ee
  2. #ee9e83
  3. #83ee9e

Tetradic

  1. #9e83ee
  2. #ee83d3
  3. #d3ee83
  4. #83ee9e

Square

  1. #9e83ee
  2. #ee839d
  3. #d3ee83
  4. #83eed3

Monochromatic

  1. #431abe
  2. #6940e5
  3. #9e83ee
  4. #d3c6f7
  5. #f1edfd

Shades

#9e83ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9e83ee
  2. #8e76d6
  3. #7e69be
  4. #6f5ca7
  5. #5f4f8f
  6. #4f4277
  7. #3f345f
  8. #2f2747
  9. #201a30
  10. #100d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#9e83ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9e83ee
  2. #a88ff0
  3. #b19cf1
  4. #bba8f3
  5. #c5b5f5
  6. #cfc1f7
  7. #d8cdf8
  8. #e2dafa
  9. #ece6fc
  10. #f5f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9e83ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9e83ee
  2. #9b83e3
  3. #9882d8
  4. #9582cd
  5. #9282c2
  6. #8f82b7
  7. #8c81ac
  8. #8981a1
  9. #868196
  10. #83808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #988ebf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6095f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6392eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8b97ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d8ef0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f8cec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9390ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9e83ee {
  color: #9e83ee;
}
Background
.bg-9e83ee {
  background-color: #9e83ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9e83ee {
  border: 2px solid #9e83ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9e83ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 131 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 76% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9e83ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9e83ee, #d383ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9e83ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 131 238 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.04 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.94 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.64 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.69 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.38 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 12.30 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.37 #617c11 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#9e83ee  rgb(158, 131, 238)  hsl(255, 76%, 72%)  Medium Purple
#d3ee83  rgb(211, 238, 131)  hsl(75, 76%, 72%)  June Bud
#ee9e83  rgb(238, 158, 131)  hsl(15, 76%, 72%)  Dark Salmon
#83ee9e  rgb(131, 238, 158)  hsl(135, 76%, 72%)  Light Green