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#796EB4

#796eb4 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#796eb4 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 43.14% green and 70.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.78% cyan, 38.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 249.43°, with 31.82% saturation and 56.86% 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 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.7.

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Relative luminance0.1851

Complementary

  1. #796eb4
  2. #a9b46e

Split complementary

  1. #796eb4
  2. #b49c6e
  3. #86b46e

Analogous

  1. #6e86b4
  2. #796eb4
  3. #9c6eb4

Triadic

  1. #796eb4
  2. #b4796e
  3. #6eb479

Tetradic

  1. #796eb4
  2. #b46ea9
  3. #a9b46e
  4. #6eb479

Square

  1. #796eb4
  2. #b46e86
  3. #a9b46e
  4. #6eb49c

Monochromatic

  1. #362f5a
  2. #53498d
  3. #796eb4
  4. #a8a0ce
  5. #d6d3e8

Shades

#796eb4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #796eb4
  2. #6d63a2
  3. #615890
  4. #554d7e
  5. #49426c
  6. #3d375a
  7. #302c48
  8. #242136
  9. #181624
  10. #0c0b12
  11. #000000

Tints

#796eb4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #796eb4
  2. #867dbc
  3. #948bc3
  4. #a19acb
  5. #afa8d2
  6. #bcb7da
  7. #c9c5e1
  8. #d7d4e9
  9. #e4e2f0
  10. #f2f1f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#796eb4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #796eb4
  2. #7a70af
  3. #7a72aa
  4. #7b73a4
  5. #7c759f
  6. #7d779a
  7. #7d7995
  8. #7e7b90
  9. #7f7c8a
  10. #7f7e85
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #787493 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5979b7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5976b2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6b7b88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6774b6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6773b3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #71769c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-796eb4 {
  color: #796eb4;
}
Background
.bg-796eb4 {
  background-color: #796eb4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-796eb4 {
  border: 2px solid #796eb4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #796eb4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 110 180;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 32% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-796eb4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #796eb4, #9c6eb4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-796eb4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 110 180 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.70 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.99 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.44 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.80 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.65 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 9.74 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.68 #86914b Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#796eb4  rgb(121, 110, 180)  hsl(249, 32%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a9b46e  rgb(169, 180, 110)  hsl(69, 32%, 57%)  Olivine
#b4796e  rgb(180, 121, 110)  hsl(9, 32%, 57%)  Old Rose
#6eb479  rgb(110, 180, 121)  hsl(129, 32%, 57%)  Medium Sea Green