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#985EEE

#985eee ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#985eee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 36.86% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.13% cyan, 60.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 264.17°, with 80.9% saturation and 65.1% 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 5.17:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 5.44.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2085

Complementary

  1. #985eee
  2. #b4ee5e

Split complementary

  1. #985eee
  2. #eee05e
  3. #6cee5e

Analogous

  1. #5e6cee
  2. #985eee
  3. #e05eee

Triadic

  1. #985eee
  2. #ee985e
  3. #5eee98

Tetradic

  1. #985eee
  2. #ee5eb4
  3. #b4ee5e
  4. #5eee98

Square

  1. #985eee
  2. #ee5e6c
  3. #b4ee5e
  4. #5eeee0

Monochromatic

  1. #4b11a2
  2. #6c19e7
  3. #985eee
  4. #c4a3f5
  5. #f1e8fd

Shades

#985eee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #985eee
  2. #8955d6
  3. #7a4bbe
  4. #6a42a7
  5. #5b388f
  6. #4c2f77
  7. #3d265f
  8. #2e1c47
  9. #1e1330
  10. #0f0918
  11. #000000

Tints

#985eee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #985eee
  2. #a26ef0
  3. #ad7ef1
  4. #b78ef3
  5. #c19ef5
  6. #ccaff7
  7. #d6bff8
  8. #e0cffa
  9. #eadffc
  10. #f5effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#985eee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #985eee
  2. #9661e3
  3. #9365d8
  4. #9168cd
  5. #8e6cc2
  6. #8c6fb7
  7. #8a72ac
  8. #8776a1
  9. #857996
  10. #827d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8973b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007ef3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #237deb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #857d9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6173f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6772ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8d72c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-985eee {
  color: #985eee;
}
Background
.bg-985eee {
  background-color: #985eee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-985eee {
  border: 2px solid #985eee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #985eee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 94 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 81% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-985eee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #985eee, #e05eee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-985eee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 94 238 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.44 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.72 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.84 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.46 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.60 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.73 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.90 #67a111 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#985eee  rgb(152, 94, 238)  hsl(264, 81%, 65%)  Medium Purple
#b4ee5e  rgb(180, 238, 94)  hsl(84, 81%, 65%)  Inchworm
#ee985e  rgb(238, 152, 94)  hsl(24, 81%, 65%)  Persian Orange
#5eee98  rgb(94, 238, 152)  hsl(144, 81%, 65%)  Medium Spring Green