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#796FA3

#796fa3 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#796fa3 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 43.53% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.77% cyan, 31.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.08% black. Its hue angle is 251.54°, with 22.03% saturation and 53.73% 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 4.62:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.39.

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Relative luminance0.1808

Complementary

  1. #796fa3
  2. #99a36f

Split complementary

  1. #796fa3
  2. #a3936f
  3. #7fa36f

Analogous

  1. #6f7fa3
  2. #796fa3
  3. #936fa3

Triadic

  1. #796fa3
  2. #a3796f
  3. #6fa379

Tetradic

  1. #796fa3
  2. #a36f99
  3. #99a36f
  4. #6fa379

Square

  1. #796fa3
  2. #a36f7f
  3. #99a36f
  4. #6fa393

Monochromatic

  1. #342f4a
  2. #554d79
  3. #796fa3
  4. #a49ec1
  5. #d0ccdf

Shades

#796fa3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #796fa3
  2. #6d6493
  3. #615982
  4. #554e72
  5. #494362
  6. #3d3852
  7. #302c41
  8. #242131
  9. #181621
  10. #0c0b10
  11. #000000

Tints

#796fa3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #796fa3
  2. #867dac
  3. #948cb5
  4. #a19abf
  5. #afa9c8
  6. #bcb7d1
  7. #c9c5da
  8. #d7d4e3
  9. #e4e2ed
  10. #f2f1f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#796fa3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #796fa3
  2. #7a71a0
  3. #7a729c
  4. #7b7499
  5. #7c7695
  6. #7d7892
  7. #7d798e
  8. #7e7b8b
  9. #7f7d87
  10. #7f7e84
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #767676 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #77738a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6277a5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6375a2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #707882 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c74a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c73a2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #747490 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-796fa3 {
  color: #796fa3;
}
Background
.bg-796fa3 {
  background-color: #796fa3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-796fa3 {
  border: 2px solid #796fa3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #796fa3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 111 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 22% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-796fa3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #796fa3, #936fa3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-796fa3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 111 163 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.39 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.73 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.90 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.10 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 12.03 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 12.41 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 13.10 #86905c Inverted #767676 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#796fa3  rgb(121, 111, 163)  hsl(252, 22%, 54%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#99a36f  rgb(153, 163, 111)  hsl(72, 22%, 54%)  Moss Green
#a3796f  rgb(163, 121, 111)  hsl(12, 22%, 54%)  Beaver
#6fa379  rgb(111, 163, 121)  hsl(132, 22%, 54%)  Asparagus