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#796EA8

#796ea8 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#796ea8 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 65.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.98% cyan, 34.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 251.38°, with 25% saturation and 54.51% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.61:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.29.

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Relative luminance0.1804

Complementary

  1. #796ea8
  2. #9da86e

Split complementary

  1. #796ea8
  2. #a8966e
  3. #80a86e

Analogous

  1. #6e80a8
  2. #796ea8
  3. #966ea8

Triadic

  1. #796ea8
  2. #a8796e
  3. #6ea879

Tetradic

  1. #796ea8
  2. #a86e9d
  3. #9da86e
  4. #6ea879

Square

  1. #796ea8
  2. #a86e80
  3. #9da86e
  4. #6ea896

Monochromatic

  1. #352f4e
  2. #554c7e
  3. #796ea8
  4. #a59ec5
  5. #d1cee1

Shades

#796ea8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #796ea8
  2. #6d6397
  3. #615886
  4. #554d76
  5. #494265
  6. #3d3754
  7. #302c43
  8. #242132
  9. #181622
  10. #0c0b11
  11. #000000

Tints

#796ea8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #796ea8
  2. #867db1
  3. #948bb9
  4. #a19ac2
  5. #afa8cb
  6. #bcb7d4
  7. #c9c5dc
  8. #d7d4e5
  9. #e4e2ee
  10. #f2f1f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#796ea8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #796ea8
  2. #7a70a4
  3. #7a72a0
  4. #7b739c
  5. #7c7598
  6. #7d7794
  7. #7d7990
  8. #7e7b8c
  9. #7f7c88
  10. #7f7e84
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #767676 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #77738d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5e77aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f75a6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6f7883 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a73a9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b72a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #737493 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-796ea8 {
  color: #796ea8;
}
Background
.bg-796ea8 {
  background-color: #796ea8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-796ea8 {
  border: 2px solid #796ea8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #796ea8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 110 168;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 25% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-796ea8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #796ea8, #966ea8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-796ea8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 110 168 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.29 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.77 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.02 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.09 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.79 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 12.20 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.76 #869157 Inverted #767676 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#796ea8  rgb(121, 110, 168)  hsl(251, 25%, 55%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#9da86e  rgb(157, 168, 110)  hsl(71, 25%, 55%)  Moss Green
#a8796e  rgb(168, 121, 110)  hsl(11, 25%, 55%)  Beaver
#6ea879  rgb(110, 168, 121)  hsl(131, 25%, 55%)  Asparagus