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#68599E

#68599e ≈ Royal Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#68599e is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 34.9% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.18% cyan, 43.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.04% black. Its hue angle is 253.04°, with 27.94% saturation and 48.43% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Purple (#7851a9), ΔE 5.17.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1256

Complementary

  1. #68599e
  2. #8f9e59

Split complementary

  1. #68599e
  2. #9e8a59
  3. #6c9e59

Analogous

  1. #596c9e
  2. #68599e
  3. #8a599e

Triadic

  1. #68599e
  2. #9e6859
  3. #599e68

Tetradic

  1. #68599e
  2. #9e598f
  3. #8f9e59
  4. #599e68

Square

  1. #68599e
  2. #9e596c
  3. #8f9e59
  4. #599e8a

Monochromatic

  1. #28223c
  2. #483d6d
  3. #68599e
  4. #9388bc
  5. #bfb9d7

Shades

#68599e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68599e
  2. #5e508e
  3. #53477e
  4. #493e6f
  5. #3e355f
  6. #342d4f
  7. #2a243f
  8. #1f1b2f
  9. #151220
  10. #0a0910
  11. #000000

Tints

#68599e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68599e
  2. #776aa8
  3. #867ab1
  4. #958bbb
  5. #a49bc5
  6. #b4accf
  7. #c3bdd8
  8. #d2cde2
  9. #e1deec
  10. #f0eef5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68599e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68599e
  2. #6a5d9b
  3. #6d6198
  4. #6f6595
  5. #726992
  6. #746d8f
  7. #76708c
  8. #797489
  9. #7b7886
  10. #7e7c83
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #636363 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #655f7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4364a1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #45629c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5b6674 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5460a0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #555f9d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #616187 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68599e {
  color: #68599e;
}
Background
.bg-68599e {
  background-color: #68599e;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-68599e {
  border: 2px solid #68599e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68599e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 89 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 28% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68599e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68599e, #8a599e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68599e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 89 158 / 0.35);
}

#7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 5.17 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.18 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 9.55 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 9.71 #483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 9.79 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 10.65 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 10.70 #97a661 Inverted #636363 Grayscale 

Royal Purple
#68599e  rgb(104, 89, 158)  hsl(253, 28%, 48%)  Royal Purple
#8f9e59  rgb(143, 158, 89)  hsl(73, 28%, 48%)  Moss Green
#9e6859  rgb(158, 104, 89)  hsl(13, 28%, 48%)  Redwood
#599e68  rgb(89, 158, 104)  hsl(133, 28%, 48%)  Shamrock Green