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#7779C8

#7779c8 ≈ Medium Purple

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7779c8 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.67% red, 47.45% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.5% cyan, 39.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 238.52°, with 42.41% saturation and 62.55% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.35:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 7.68.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2177

Complementary

  1. #7779c8
  2. #c8c677

Split complementary

  1. #7779c8
  2. #c89e77
  3. #a2c877

Analogous

  1. #77a2c8
  2. #7779c8
  3. #9e77c8

Triadic

  1. #7779c8
  2. #c87779
  3. #79c877

Tetradic

  1. #7779c8
  2. #c677c8
  3. #c8c677
  4. #79c877

Square

  1. #7779c8
  2. #c877a2
  3. #c8c677
  4. #77c89e

Monochromatic

  1. #303276
  2. #4648ad
  3. #7779c8
  4. #adafde
  5. #e4e4f4

Shades

#7779c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7779c8
  2. #6b6db4
  3. #5f61a0
  4. #53558c
  5. #474978
  6. #3c3d64
  7. #303050
  8. #24243c
  9. #181828
  10. #0c0c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#7779c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7779c8
  2. #8586ce
  3. #9294d3
  4. #a0a1d9
  5. #adafde
  6. #bbbce4
  7. #c9c9e9
  8. #d6d7ef
  9. #e4e4f4
  10. #f1f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7779c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7779c8
  2. #787ac1
  3. #797aba
  4. #7a7bb2
  5. #7b7cab
  6. #7c7da4
  7. #7c7d9d
  8. #7d7e96
  9. #7e7f8e
  10. #7f7f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d7ea2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5e83cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #597ec6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5f8997 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #697fca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #667cc7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6983ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7779c8 {
  color: #7779c8;
}
Background
.bg-7779c8 {
  background-color: #7779c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7779c8 {
  border: 2px solid #7779c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7779c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 119 121 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 42% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7779c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7779c8, #9e77c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7779c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(119 121 200 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.68 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.70 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.05 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.88 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 10.16 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.51 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.54 #888637 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#7779c8  rgb(119, 121, 200)  hsl(239, 42%, 63%)  Medium Purple
#c8c677  rgb(200, 198, 119)  hsl(59, 42%, 63%)  Dark Khaki
#c87779  rgb(200, 119, 121)  hsl(359, 42%, 63%)  Old Rose
#79c877  rgb(121, 200, 119)  hsl(119, 42%, 63%)  Mantis