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#918AFA

#918afa ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#918afa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.86% red, 54.12% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42% cyan, 44.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 243.75°, with 91.8% saturation and 76.08% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 9.11.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.311

Complementary

  1. #918afa
  2. #f3fa8a

Split complementary

  1. #918afa
  2. #fac98a
  3. #bbfa8a

Analogous

  1. #8abbfa
  2. #918afa
  3. #c98afa

Triadic

  1. #918afa
  2. #fa918a
  3. #8afa91

Tetradic

  1. #918afa
  2. #fa8af3
  3. #f3fa8a
  4. #8afa91

Square

  1. #918afa
  2. #fa8abb
  3. #f3fa8a
  4. #8afac9

Monochromatic

  1. #170ae1
  2. #4c41f7
  3. #918afa
  4. #d6d3fd
  5. #edebfe

Shades

#918afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #918afa
  2. #837ce1
  3. #746ec8
  4. #6661af
  5. #575396
  6. #49457d
  7. #3a3764
  8. #2c294b
  9. #1d1c32
  10. #0f0e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#918afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #918afa
  2. #9c96fb
  3. #a7a1fb
  4. #b2adfc
  5. #bdb9fc
  6. #c8c5fd
  7. #d3d0fd
  8. #dedcfe
  9. #e9e8fe
  10. #f4f3ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#918afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #918afa
  2. #8f89ee
  3. #8e88e2
  4. #8c87d5
  5. #8a86c9
  6. #8985bd
  7. #8784b1
  8. #8583a5
  9. #838298
  10. #82818c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9592c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5f9bfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b94f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #71a1b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7694fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7490f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7f98d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-918afa {
  color: #918afa;
}
Background
.bg-918afa {
  background-color: #918afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-918afa {
  border: 2px solid #918afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #918afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 145 138 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 92% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-918afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #918afa, #c98afa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-918afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(145 138 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.11 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.25 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.99 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.23 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 12.25 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.40 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 12.40 #6e7505 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#918afa  rgb(145, 138, 250)  hsl(244, 92%, 76%)  Medium Purple
#f3fa8a  rgb(243, 250, 138)  hsl(64, 92%, 76%)  Pastel Yellow
#fa918a  rgb(250, 145, 138)  hsl(4, 92%, 76%)  Light Coral
#8afa91  rgb(138, 250, 145)  hsl(124, 92%, 76%)  Pale Green