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#8972BE

#8972be ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8972be is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 44.71% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.89% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 258.16°, with 36.89% saturation and 59.61% 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 5.21:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 4.77.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2107

Complementary

  1. #8972be
  2. #a7be72

Split complementary

  1. #8972be
  2. #beaf72
  3. #81be72

Analogous

  1. #7281be
  2. #8972be
  3. #af72be

Triadic

  1. #8972be
  2. #be8972
  3. #72be89

Tetradic

  1. #8972be
  2. #be72a7
  3. #a7be72
  4. #72be89

Square

  1. #8972be
  2. #be7281
  3. #a7be72
  4. #72beaf

Monochromatic

  1. #413067
  2. #61489c
  3. #8972be
  4. #b5a6d6
  5. #e1dbee

Shades

#8972be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8972be
  2. #7b67ab
  3. #6e5b98
  4. #605085
  5. #524472
  6. #45395f
  7. #372e4c
  8. #292239
  9. #1b1726
  10. #0e0b13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8972be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8972be
  2. #9580c5
  3. #a18ecb
  4. #ac9cd2
  5. #b8aad8
  6. #c4b9df
  7. #d0c7e5
  8. #dcd5ec
  9. #e7e3f2
  10. #f3f1f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8972be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8972be
  2. #8873b8
  3. #8775b2
  4. #8676ab
  5. #8578a5
  6. #85799f
  7. #847a99
  8. #837c93
  9. #827d8c
  10. #817f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #837a9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5d7fc1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #617ebc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7e7f8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #717ac0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7379bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #837aa4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8972be {
  color: #8972be;
}
Background
.bg-8972be {
  background-color: #8972be;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8972be {
  border: 2px solid #8972be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8972be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 114 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 37% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8972be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8972be, #af72be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8972be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 114 190 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 4.77 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.33 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.73 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.40 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.73 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.63 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 11.15 #768d41 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8972be  rgb(137, 114, 190)  hsl(258, 37%, 60%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a7be72  rgb(167, 190, 114)  hsl(78, 37%, 60%)  Olivine
#be8972  rgb(190, 137, 114)  hsl(18, 37%, 60%)  Cafe au Lait
#72be89  rgb(114, 190, 137)  hsl(138, 37%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green