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#856E99

#856e99 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#856e99 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 43.14% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.07% cyan, 28.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 40% black. Its hue angle is 272.09°, with 17.41% saturation and 51.57% 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 4.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 6.87.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.1844

Complementary

  1. #856e99
  2. #82996e

Split complementary

  1. #856e99
  2. #98996e
  3. #6e9970

Analogous

  1. #706e99
  2. #856e99
  3. #996e98

Triadic

  1. #856e99
  2. #99856e
  3. #6e9985

Tetradic

  1. #856e99
  2. #996e82
  3. #82996e
  4. #6e9985

Square

  1. #856e99
  2. #99706e
  3. #82996e
  4. #6e9899

Monochromatic

  1. #382d41
  2. #5e4d6d
  3. #856e99
  4. #ab9bb9
  5. #d1c8d8

Shades

#856e99 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #856e99
  2. #78638a
  3. #6a587a
  4. #5d4d6b
  5. #50425c
  6. #43374d
  7. #352c3d
  8. #28212e
  9. #1b161f
  10. #0d0b0f
  11. #000000

Tints

#856e99 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #856e99
  2. #917da3
  3. #9d8bad
  4. #aa9ab8
  5. #b6a8c2
  6. #c2b7cc
  7. #cec5d6
  8. #dad4e0
  9. #e7e2eb
  10. #f3f1f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#856e99 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #856e99
  2. #857097
  3. #847294
  4. #847392
  5. #83758f
  6. #83778d
  7. #82798a
  8. #827b88
  9. #817c85
  10. #817e83
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d7386 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #67769b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b7798 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #83747d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74739a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #767498 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #847189 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-856e99 {
  color: #856e99;
}
Background
.bg-856e99 {
  background-color: #856e99;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-856e99 {
  border: 2px solid #856e99;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #856e99;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 110 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 17% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-856e99 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #856e99, #996e98);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-856e99 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 110 153 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.87 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 9.71 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.78 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.76 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 12.32 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 12.48 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 13.44 #7a9166 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#856e99  rgb(133, 110, 153)  hsl(272, 17%, 52%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#82996e  rgb(130, 153, 110)  hsl(92, 17%, 52%)  Moss Green
#99856e  rgb(153, 133, 110)  hsl(32, 17%, 52%)  Beaver
#6e9985  rgb(110, 153, 133)  hsl(152, 17%, 52%)  Xanadu