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#9766EA

#9766ea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#9766ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.47% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 262.27°, with 75.86% saturation and 65.88% 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 5.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 3.56.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2202

Complementary

  1. #9766ea
  2. #b9ea66

Split complementary

  1. #9766ea
  2. #ead966
  3. #77ea66

Analogous

  1. #6677ea
  2. #9766ea
  3. #d966ea

Triadic

  1. #9766ea
  2. #ea9766
  3. #66ea97

Tetradic

  1. #9766ea
  2. #ea66b9
  3. #b9ea66
  4. #66ea97

Square

  1. #9766ea
  2. #ea6677
  3. #b9ea66
  4. #66ead9

Monochromatic

  1. #4a16a1
  2. #6923e1
  3. #9766ea
  4. #c5a9f3
  5. #f2edfc

Shades

#9766ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9766ea
  2. #885cd3
  3. #7952bb
  4. #6a47a4
  5. #5b3d8c
  6. #4c3375
  7. #3c295e
  8. #2d1f46
  9. #1e142f
  10. #0f0a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#9766ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9766ea
  2. #a175ec
  3. #ac85ee
  4. #b694f0
  5. #c1a3f2
  6. #cbb3f5
  7. #d5c2f7
  8. #e0d1f9
  9. #eae0fb
  10. #f5f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9766ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9766ea
  2. #9569df
  3. #926bd5
  4. #906eca
  5. #8e70c0
  6. #8c73b5
  7. #8976aa
  8. #8778a0
  9. #857b95
  10. #827d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a77b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2582ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3980e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #84819e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6777ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b76e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8c77c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9766ea {
  color: #9766ea;
}
Background
.bg-9766ea {
  background-color: #9766ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9766ea {
  border: 2px solid #9766ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9766ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 262 76% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9766ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9766ea, #d966ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9766ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 3.56 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.00 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.32 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.86 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.68 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.94 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.34 #689915 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#9766ea  rgb(151, 102, 234)  hsl(262, 76%, 66%)  Medium Purple
#b9ea66  rgb(185, 234, 102)  hsl(82, 76%, 66%)  Inchworm
#ea9766  rgb(234, 151, 102)  hsl(22, 76%, 66%)  Persian Orange
#66ea97  rgb(102, 234, 151)  hsl(142, 76%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green