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#968DEA

#968dea ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#968dea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 55.29% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.9% cyan, 39.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 245.81°, with 68.89% saturation and 73.53% 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 7.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 8.87.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3147

Complementary

  1. #968dea
  2. #e1ea8d

Split complementary

  1. #968dea
  2. #eac58d
  3. #b2ea8d

Analogous

  1. #8db2ea
  2. #968dea
  3. #c58dea

Triadic

  1. #968dea
  2. #ea968d
  3. #8dea96

Tetradic

  1. #968dea
  2. #ea8de1
  3. #e1ea8d
  4. #8dea96

Square

  1. #968dea
  2. #ea8db2
  3. #e1ea8d
  4. #8deac5

Monochromatic

  1. #3123bb
  2. #5b4cde
  3. #968dea
  4. #d2cef6
  5. #efeefc

Shades

#968dea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #968dea
  2. #877fd3
  3. #7871bb
  4. #6963a4
  5. #5a558c
  6. #4b4775
  7. #3c385e
  8. #2d2a46
  9. #1e1c2f
  10. #0f0e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#968dea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #968dea
  2. #a198ec
  3. #aba4ee
  4. #b6aff0
  5. #c0bbf2
  6. #cbc6f5
  7. #d5d1f7
  8. #e0ddf9
  9. #eae8fb
  10. #f5f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#968dea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #968dea
  2. #948cdf
  3. #928ad5
  4. #8f89ca
  5. #8d88c0
  6. #8b87b5
  7. #8985aa
  8. #8784a0
  9. #848395
  10. #82818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9794bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f9bee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d96e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #809fb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8095ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8092e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8998ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-968dea {
  color: #968dea;
}
Background
.bg-968dea {
  background-color: #968dea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-968dea {
  border: 2px solid #968dea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #968dea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 141 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 246 69% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-968dea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #968dea, #c58dea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-968dea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 141 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.87 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.75 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.44 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 11.48 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.64 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.95 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.16 #697215 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#968dea  rgb(150, 141, 234)  hsl(246, 69%, 74%)  Medium Purple
#e1ea8d  rgb(225, 234, 141)  hsl(66, 69%, 74%)  Khaki
#ea968d  rgb(234, 150, 141)  hsl(6, 69%, 74%)  Light Coral
#8dea96  rgb(141, 234, 150)  hsl(126, 69%, 74%)  Light Green