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#797BAD

#797bad ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#797bad is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 48.24% green and 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.06% cyan, 28.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 237.69°, with 24.07% saturation and 57.65% 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 5.25:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 8.29.

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Relative luminance0.2125

Complementary

  1. #797bad
  2. #adab79

Split complementary

  1. #797bad
  2. #ad9179
  3. #95ad79

Analogous

  1. #7995ad
  2. #797bad
  3. #9179ad

Triadic

  1. #797bad
  2. #ad797b
  3. #7bad79

Tetradic

  1. #797bad
  2. #ab79ad
  3. #adab79
  4. #7bad79

Square

  1. #797bad
  2. #ad7995
  3. #adab79
  4. #79ad91

Monochromatic

  1. #363757
  2. #535587
  3. #797bad
  4. #a8aaca
  5. #d8d9e7

Shades

#797bad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #797bad
  2. #6d6f9c
  3. #61628a
  4. #555679
  5. #494a68
  6. #3d3e57
  7. #303145
  8. #242534
  9. #181923
  10. #0c0c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#797bad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #797bad
  2. #8688b5
  3. #9495bd
  4. #a1a3c6
  5. #afb0ce
  6. #bcbdd6
  7. #c9cade
  8. #d7d7e6
  9. #e4e5ef
  10. #f2f2f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#797bad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #797bad
  2. #7a7ca9
  3. #7a7ca4
  4. #7b7da0
  5. #7c7d9b
  6. #7d7e97
  7. #7d7e92
  8. #7e7f8e
  9. #7f7f89
  10. #7f8085
  11. #808080

Readable text 4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d7d94 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6d81af ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a7dac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6c848d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #727fae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #717cac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #71819b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-797bad {
  color: #797bad;
}
Background
.bg-797bad {
  background-color: #797bad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-797bad {
  border: 2px solid #797bad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #797bad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 123 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 24% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-797bad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #797bad, #9179ad);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-797bad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 123 173 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.29 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.00 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.95 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.83 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 11.88 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 11.88 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.98 #868452 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#797bad  rgb(121, 123, 173)  hsl(238, 24%, 58%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#adab79  rgb(173, 171, 121)  hsl(58, 24%, 58%)  Sage
#ad797b  rgb(173, 121, 123)  hsl(358, 24%, 58%)  Old Rose
#7bad79  rgb(123, 173, 121)  hsl(118, 24%, 58%)  Asparagus