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#7E79BB

#7e79bb ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7e79bb is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 49.41% red, 47.45% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.62% cyan, 35.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 244.55°, with 32.67% saturation and 60.39% 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 5.34:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 6.97.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.217

Complementary

  1. #7e79bb
  2. #b6bb79

Split complementary

  1. #7e79bb
  2. #bb9f79
  3. #95bb79

Analogous

  1. #7995bb
  2. #7e79bb
  3. #9f79bb

Triadic

  1. #7e79bb
  2. #bb7e79
  3. #79bb7e

Tetradic

  1. #7e79bb
  2. #bb79b6
  3. #b6bb79
  4. #79bb7e

Square

  1. #7e79bb
  2. #bb7995
  3. #b6bb79
  4. #79bb9f

Monochromatic

  1. #383467
  2. #544e9a
  3. #7e79bb
  4. #afacd5
  5. #e0deef

Shades

#7e79bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7e79bb
  2. #716da8
  3. #656196
  4. #585583
  5. #4c4970
  6. #3f3d5e
  7. #32304b
  8. #262438
  9. #191825
  10. #0d0c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#7e79bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7e79bb
  2. #8b86c2
  3. #9894c9
  4. #a5a1cf
  5. #b2afd6
  6. #bfbcdd
  7. #cbc9e4
  8. #d8d7eb
  9. #e5e4f1
  10. #f2f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7e79bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7e79bb
  2. #7e7ab5
  3. #7e7aaf
  4. #7f7ba9
  5. #7f7ca3
  6. #7f7d9e
  7. #7f7d98
  8. #7f7e92
  9. #807f8c
  10. #807f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f7d9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6582be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #647fb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6f8591 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #707fbd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f7cba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7580a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7e79bb {
  color: #7e79bb;
}
Background
.bg-7e79bb {
  background-color: #7e79bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7e79bb {
  border: 2px solid #7e79bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7e79bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 126 121 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 245 33% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7e79bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7e79bb, #9f79bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7e79bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(126 121 187 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.97 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.82 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.72 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.72 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.15 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.65 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.65 #818644 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#7e79bb  rgb(126, 121, 187)  hsl(245, 33%, 60%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#b6bb79  rgb(182, 187, 121)  hsl(65, 33%, 60%)  Dark Khaki
#bb7e79  rgb(187, 126, 121)  hsl(5, 33%, 60%)  Old Rose
#79bb7e  rgb(121, 187, 126)  hsl(125, 33%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green