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#7F72BB

#7f72bb ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7f72bb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 49.8% red, 44.71% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.09% cyan, 39.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 250.68°, with 34.93% saturation and 59.02% 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 5.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.56.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2013

Complementary

  1. #7f72bb
  2. #aebb72

Split complementary

  1. #7f72bb
  2. #bba372
  3. #8abb72

Analogous

  1. #728abb
  2. #7f72bb
  3. #a372bb

Triadic

  1. #7f72bb
  2. #bb7f72
  3. #72bb7f

Tetradic

  1. #7f72bb
  2. #bb72ae
  3. #aebb72
  4. #72bb7f

Square

  1. #7f72bb
  2. #bb728a
  3. #aebb72
  4. #72bba3

Monochromatic

  1. #393064
  2. #574997
  3. #7f72bb
  4. #aea6d4
  5. #ddd9ed

Shades

#7f72bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7f72bb
  2. #7267a8
  3. #665b96
  4. #595083
  5. #4c4470
  6. #40395e
  7. #332e4b
  8. #262238
  9. #191725
  10. #0d0b13
  11. #000000

Tints

#7f72bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7f72bb
  2. #8c80c2
  3. #998ec9
  4. #a59ccf
  5. #b2aad6
  6. #bfb9dd
  7. #ccc7e4
  8. #d9d5eb
  9. #e5e3f1
  10. #f2f1f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7f72bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7f72bb
  2. #7f73b5
  3. #7f75af
  4. #7f76a9
  5. #7f78a3
  6. #80799e
  7. #807a98
  8. #807c92
  9. #807d8c
  10. #807f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d7899 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5c7dbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d7ab9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #717f8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c79bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c77ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #777aa2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7f72bb {
  color: #7f72bb;
}
Background
.bg-7f72bb {
  background-color: #7f72bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7f72bb {
  border: 2px solid #7f72bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7f72bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 127 114 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 35% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7f72bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7f72bb, #a372bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7f72bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(127 114 187 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.56 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.56 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.61 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.05 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.66 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 11.05 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.51 #808d44 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#7f72bb  rgb(127, 114, 187)  hsl(251, 35%, 59%)  Medium Purple
#aebb72  rgb(174, 187, 114)  hsl(71, 35%, 59%)  Olivine
#bb7f72  rgb(187, 127, 114)  hsl(11, 35%, 59%)  Old Rose
#72bb7f  rgb(114, 187, 127)  hsl(131, 35%, 59%)  Dark Sea Green