#857edc Color Information

#857edc Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #857edc. In RGB, it consists of 52.2% Red, 49.4% Green, and 86.3% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 39.5% Cyan, 42.7% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 13.7% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 244.5°, with saturation of 57.3% and lightness of 67.8%. The decimal value for #857edc is 8748764, and its nearest "web safe" color is #9966cc. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #857edc is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is magenta. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#857edc Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color133, 126, 220 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color52.2%, 49.4%, 86.3% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.478, 0.506, 0.137 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.395, 0.427, 0, 0.137 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color244.5°, 57.3%, 67.8% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color244.5°, 42.7%, 86.3% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color30.052, 25.076, 70.966 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color133, 126, 220 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code8748764 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color57.149, 25.332, -47.286 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)57.149, 53.643, 298.179 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color57.149, -2.726, -77.115 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color50.076, 19.492, -48.972 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.238, 0.199, 25.076 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4286938844 / 0xff857edc Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#9966cc Copy
Last Updated: March 18, 2024

Shades of #857edc

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #857edc, its pure hue is 244.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 57.3%, and its lightness is 67.8%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #857edc, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #11101c to #746ec1.

Tints of #857edc

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #857edc, its pure hue is 244.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 57.3%, and its lightness is 67.8%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #857edc, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #948ee0 to #f0effb.

Tones of #857edc

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #857edc, its pure hue is 244.5° on the color wheel and its saturation is 57.3%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #857edc, which range from #adadad (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #675bff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #857edc

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #857edc! For #857edc, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #857edc. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #857edc

This color, #857edc, consists of 52.2% Red, 49.4% Green, and 86.3% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 133, Green = 126, Blue = 220. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #857edc is 39.5% Cyan, 42.7% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 13.7% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R52.2%
C39.5%
G49.4%
M42.7%
B86.3%
Y0.0%
K13.7%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 133 126 220
Octal 205 176 334
Hexa #85 #7e #dc
Binary 10000101 01111110 11011100
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 39 42 0 13
Octal 47 52 0 15
Hexa #27 #2a #00 #0d
Binary 00100111 00101010 00000000 00001101

Analogous Colors of #857edc

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #857edc — which has hue 244.5° — its analogous colors are located at 214.5° and 274.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #857edc.

Triadic Colors of #857edc

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #857edc — which has hue 244.5° — its triadic colors are located at 4.5° and 244.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #857edc.

Complementary Color of #857edc

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #857edc — which has hue 244.5° — its complementary color is located at 64.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #857edc.

Split Complementary Colors of #857edc

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #857edc — which has hue 244.5° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 34.5° and 244.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #857edc.

Tetradic Colors of #857edc

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #857edc — which has hue 244.5° — its tetradic colors are located at 154.5°, 244.5°, 334.5°, and 64.5° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #857edc.

Monochromatic Colors of #857edc

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #857edc, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #5e58b0 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #bbb6f6 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #857edc

We want to make getting started with #857edc on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #857edc into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #857edc can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #857edc with other HTML elements.

#857edc Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #857edc.
<span style="color: #857edc;">The color of this text is #857edc.</span>

#857edc Background Color

The background color for this text is #857edc.
<div style="background-color: #857edc; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #857edc.</div>

#857edc Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #857edc.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #857edc;">This color for the shadow of this text is #857edc.</span>

#857edc Border Color

This is a div with border color #857edc.
<div style="border: #857edc 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #857edc.</div>

#857edc Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #857edc on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #857edc; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #857edc on a white background.</div></div>

#857edc Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #857edc on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #857edc; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #857edc on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #857edc to White

This is a gradient from #857edc to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#857edc,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#857edc,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#857edc,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#857edc,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #857edc to white.</div>

Gradient from #857edc to Black

This is a gradient from #857edc to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#857edc,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#857edc,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#857edc,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#857edc,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #857edc to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #857edc

In addition to using #857edc on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #857edc in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #857edc, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 133, Green = 126, Blue = 220). If you need details about the color coordinates of #857edc in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #857edc
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(133, 126, 220)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #857edc; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #857edc; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #857edc; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(133, 126, 220);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#857edc")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:133, green:126, blue:220, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:133 green:126 blue:220 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(133f, 126f, 220f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(133, 126, 220);
 

#857edc Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #857edc the same way. For those with color blindness, #857edc might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #857edc looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #857edc is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #857edc looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #857edc will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #857edc is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 3.5:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #857edc would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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