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#955DFD

#955dfd ≈ Medium Slate Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#955dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.43% red, 36.47% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.11% cyan, 63.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 261°, with 97.56% saturation and 67.84% 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 5.26:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Slate Blue (#7b68ee), ΔE 5.39.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2131

Complementary

  1. #955dfd
  2. #c5fd5d

Split complementary

  1. #955dfd
  2. #fde55d
  3. #75fd5d

Analogous

  1. #5d75fd
  2. #955dfd
  3. #e55dfd

Triadic

  1. #955dfd
  2. #fd955d
  3. #5dfd95

Tetradic

  1. #955dfd
  2. #fd5dc5
  3. #c5fd5d
  4. #5dfd95

Square

  1. #955dfd
  2. #fd5d75
  3. #c5fd5d
  4. #5dfde5

Monochromatic

  1. #4402bf
  2. #6411fc
  3. #955dfd
  4. #c6a9fe
  5. #f2ebff

Shades

#955dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #955dfd
  2. #8654e4
  3. #774aca
  4. #6841b1
  5. #593898
  6. #4b2f7f
  7. #3c2565
  8. #2d1c4c
  9. #1e1333
  10. #0f0919
  11. #000000

Tints

#955dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #955dfd
  2. #a06dfd
  3. #aa7dfd
  4. #b58efe
  5. #bf9efe
  6. #caaefe
  7. #d5befe
  8. #dfcefe
  9. #eadfff
  10. #f4efff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#955dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #955dfd
  2. #9361f1
  3. #9164e4
  4. #8f68d8
  5. #8d6bcb
  6. #8b6fbf
  7. #8872b2
  8. #8676a6
  9. #847999
  10. #827d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8873bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0081ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007dfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7a82a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5774ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d71fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8575ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-955dfd {
  color: #955dfd;
}
Background
.bg-955dfd {
  background-color: #955dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-955dfd {
  border: 2px solid #955dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #955dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 149 93 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 98% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-955dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #955dfd, #e55dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-955dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(149 93 253 / 0.35);
}

#7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.39 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.62 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.74 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.99 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.09 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.10 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.92 #6aa202 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Medium Slate Blue
#955dfd  rgb(149, 93, 253)  hsl(261, 98%, 68%)  Medium Slate Blue
#c5fd5d  rgb(197, 253, 93)  hsl(81, 98%, 68%)  Green Yellow
#fd955d  rgb(253, 149, 93)  hsl(21, 98%, 68%)  Mango Tango
#5dfd95  rgb(93, 253, 149)  hsl(141, 98%, 68%)  Medium Spring Green