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#998DFD

#998dfd ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#998dfd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 55.29% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.53% cyan, 44.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 246.43°, with 96.55% saturation and 77.25% 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 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 9.55.

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Relative luminance0.3291

Complementary

  1. #998dfd
  2. #f1fd8d

Split complementary

  1. #998dfd
  2. #fdd18d
  3. #b9fd8d

Analogous

  1. #8db9fd
  2. #998dfd
  3. #d18dfd

Triadic

  1. #998dfd
  2. #fd998d
  3. #8dfd99

Tetradic

  1. #998dfd
  2. #fd8df1
  3. #f1fd8d
  4. #8dfd99

Square

  1. #998dfd
  2. #fd8db9
  3. #f1fd8d
  4. #8dfdd1

Monochromatic

  1. #1d04ed
  2. #5642fc
  3. #998dfd
  4. #dcd8fe
  5. #edebff

Shades

#998dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #998dfd
  2. #8a7fe4
  3. #7a71ca
  4. #6b63b1
  5. #5c5598
  6. #4d477f
  7. #3d3865
  8. #2e2a4c
  9. #1f1c33
  10. #0f0e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#998dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #998dfd
  2. #a398fd
  3. #ada4fd
  4. #b8affe
  5. #c2bbfe
  6. #ccc6fe
  7. #d6d1fe
  8. #e0ddfe
  9. #ebe8ff
  10. #f5f4ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#998dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #998dfd
  2. #978cf1
  3. #948ae4
  4. #9289d8
  5. #8f88cb
  6. #8d87bf
  7. #8a85b2
  8. #8884a6
  9. #858399
  10. #83818d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a96ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #649eff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6298fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7da3b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d98ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c94fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #899bd8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-998dfd {
  color: #998dfd;
}
Background
.bg-998dfd {
  background-color: #998dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-998dfd {
  border: 2px solid #998dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #998dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 141 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 246 97% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-998dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #998dfd, #d18dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-998dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 141 253 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.55 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.50 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 11.32 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 12.04 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.81 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 13.07 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 13.07 #667202 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#998dfd  rgb(153, 141, 253)  hsl(246, 97%, 77%)  Medium Purple
#f1fd8d  rgb(241, 253, 141)  hsl(66, 97%, 77%)  Pastel Yellow
#fd998d  rgb(253, 153, 141)  hsl(6, 97%, 77%)  Vivid Tangerine
#8dfd99  rgb(141, 253, 153)  hsl(126, 97%, 77%)  Pale Green