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#8985EE

#8985ee ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8985ee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 52.16% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.44% cyan, 44.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 242.29°, with 75.54% saturation and 72.75% 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 6.65:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.86.

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Relative luminance0.2827

Complementary

  1. #8985ee
  2. #eaee85

Split complementary

  1. #8985ee
  2. #eebe85
  3. #b6ee85

Analogous

  1. #85b6ee
  2. #8985ee
  3. #be85ee

Triadic

  1. #8985ee
  2. #ee8985
  3. #85ee89

Tetradic

  1. #8985ee
  2. #ee85ea
  3. #eaee85
  4. #85ee89

Square

  1. #8985ee
  2. #ee85b6
  3. #eaee85
  4. #85eebe

Monochromatic

  1. #211bbf
  2. #4842e5
  3. #8985ee
  4. #cac8f7
  5. #eeedfd

Shades

#8985ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8985ee
  2. #7b78d6
  3. #6e6abe
  4. #605da7
  5. #52508f
  6. #454377
  7. #37355f
  8. #292847
  9. #1b1b30
  10. #0e0d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8985ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8985ee
  2. #9591f0
  3. #a19df1
  4. #acaaf3
  5. #b8b6f5
  6. #c4c2f7
  7. #d0cef8
  8. #dcdafa
  9. #e7e7fc
  10. #f3f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8985ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8985ee
  2. #8885e3
  3. #8784d8
  4. #8684cd
  5. #8583c2
  6. #8583b7
  7. #8482ac
  8. #8382a1
  9. #828196
  10. #81818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e8cbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5d94f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #598dec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6a9aae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #718ef0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f8aed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7792cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8985ee {
  color: #8985ee;
}
Background
.bg-8985ee {
  background-color: #8985ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8985ee {
  border: 2px solid #8985ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8985ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 133 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 76% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8985ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8985ee, #be85ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8985ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 133 238 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.86 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.73 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.69 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.73 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.30 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.30 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.36 #767a11 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#8985ee  rgb(137, 133, 238)  hsl(242, 76%, 73%)  Medium Purple
#eaee85  rgb(234, 238, 133)  hsl(62, 76%, 73%)  Pastel Yellow
#ee8985  rgb(238, 137, 133)  hsl(2, 76%, 73%)  Light Coral
#85ee89  rgb(133, 238, 137)  hsl(122, 76%, 73%)  Light Green