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#796EA3

#796ea3 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#796ea3 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 43.14% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.77% cyan, 32.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.08% black. Its hue angle is 252.45°, with 22.36% saturation and 53.53% 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 4.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.42.

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Relative luminance0.1786

Complementary

  1. #796ea3
  2. #98a36e

Split complementary

  1. #796ea3
  2. #a3936e
  3. #7ea36e

Analogous

  1. #6e7ea3
  2. #796ea3
  3. #936ea3

Triadic

  1. #796ea3
  2. #a3796e
  3. #6ea379

Tetradic

  1. #796ea3
  2. #a36e98
  3. #98a36e
  4. #6ea379

Square

  1. #796ea3
  2. #a36e7e
  3. #98a36e
  4. #6ea393

Monochromatic

  1. #342f49
  2. #554c78
  3. #796ea3
  4. #a49dc1
  5. #d0ccde

Shades

#796ea3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #796ea3
  2. #6d6393
  3. #615882
  4. #554d72
  5. #494262
  6. #3d3752
  7. #302c41
  8. #242131
  9. #181621
  10. #0c0b10
  11. #000000

Tints

#796ea3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #796ea3
  2. #867dac
  3. #948bb5
  4. #a19abf
  5. #afa8c8
  6. #bcb7d1
  7. #c9c5da
  8. #d7d4e3
  9. #e4e2ed
  10. #f2f1f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#796ea3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #796ea3
  2. #7a70a0
  3. #7a729c
  4. #7b7399
  5. #7c7595
  6. #7d7792
  7. #7d798e
  8. #7e7b8b
  9. #7f7c87
  10. #7f7e84
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #757575 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #77728a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6076a5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6274a2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #707781 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b73a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c72a2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #747390 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-796ea3 {
  color: #796ea3;
}
Background
.bg-796ea3 {
  background-color: #796ea3;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-796ea3 {
  border: 2px solid #796ea3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #796ea3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 110 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 22% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-796ea3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #796ea3, #936ea3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-796ea3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 110 163 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.42 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.50 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.54 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.03 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.79 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 12.50 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 13.25 #86915c Inverted #757575 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#796ea3  rgb(121, 110, 163)  hsl(252, 22%, 54%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#98a36e  rgb(152, 163, 110)  hsl(72, 22%, 54%)  Moss Green
#a3796e  rgb(163, 121, 110)  hsl(12, 22%, 54%)  Beaver
#6ea379  rgb(110, 163, 121)  hsl(132, 22%, 54%)  Asparagus