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#9E86EE

#9e86ee ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9e86ee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 52.55% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.61% cyan, 43.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 253.85°, with 75.36% saturation and 72.94% 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.78.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3049

Complementary

  1. #9e86ee
  2. #d6ee86

Split complementary

  1. #9e86ee
  2. #eed286
  3. #a2ee86

Analogous

  1. #86a2ee
  2. #9e86ee
  3. #d286ee

Triadic

  1. #9e86ee
  2. #ee9e86
  3. #86ee9e

Tetradic

  1. #9e86ee
  2. #ee86d6
  3. #d6ee86
  4. #86ee9e

Square

  1. #9e86ee
  2. #ee86a2
  3. #d6ee86
  4. #86eed2

Monochromatic

  1. #411bc0
  2. #6843e5
  3. #9e86ee
  4. #d4c9f7
  5. #f1edfc

Shades

#9e86ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9e86ee
  2. #8e79d6
  3. #7e6bbe
  4. #6f5ea7
  5. #5f508f
  6. #4f4377
  7. #3f365f
  8. #2f2847
  9. #201b30
  10. #100d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#9e86ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9e86ee
  2. #a892f0
  3. #b19ef1
  4. #bbaaf3
  5. #c5b6f5
  6. #cfc3f7
  7. #d8cff8
  8. #e2dbfa
  9. #ece7fc
  10. #f5f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9e86ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9e86ee
  2. #9b85e3
  3. #9885d8
  4. #9584cd
  5. #9284c2
  6. #8f83b7
  7. #8c82ac
  8. #8982a1
  9. #868196
  10. #83818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9990c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6497f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6794eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8b9aaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f91f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #818fec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9392cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9e86ee {
  color: #9e86ee;
}
Background
.bg-9e86ee {
  background-color: #9e86ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9e86ee {
  border: 2px solid #9e86ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9e86ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 134 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 75% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9e86ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9e86ee, #d286ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9e86ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 134 238 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.78 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.25 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.27 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.43 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.58 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.43 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 12.43 #617911 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#9e86ee  rgb(158, 134, 238)  hsl(254, 75%, 73%)  Medium Purple
#d6ee86  rgb(214, 238, 134)  hsl(74, 75%, 73%)  June Bud
#ee9e86  rgb(238, 158, 134)  hsl(14, 75%, 73%)  Dark Salmon
#86ee9e  rgb(134, 238, 158)  hsl(134, 75%, 73%)  Light Green