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#8973BD

#8973bd ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8973bd is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 45.1% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.51% cyan, 39.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 257.84°, with 35.92% 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 5.25:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 4.49.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2125

Complementary

  1. #8973bd
  2. #a7bd73

Split complementary

  1. #8973bd
  2. #bdae73
  3. #82bd73

Analogous

  1. #7382bd
  2. #8973bd
  3. #ae73bd

Triadic

  1. #8973bd
  2. #bd8973
  3. #73bd89

Tetradic

  1. #8973bd
  2. #bd73a7
  3. #a7bd73
  4. #73bd89

Square

  1. #8973bd
  2. #bd7382
  3. #a7bd73
  4. #73bdae

Monochromatic

  1. #413067
  2. #61499b
  3. #8973bd
  4. #b5a7d6
  5. #e1dbee

Shades

#8973bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8973bd
  2. #7b68aa
  3. #6e5c97
  4. #605184
  5. #524571
  6. #453a5f
  7. #372e4c
  8. #292339
  9. #1b1726
  10. #0e0c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8973bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8973bd
  2. #9581c4
  3. #a18fca
  4. #ac9dd1
  5. #b8abd7
  6. #c4b9de
  7. #d0c7e5
  8. #dcd5eb
  9. #e7e3f2
  10. #f3f1f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8973bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8973bd
  2. #8874b7
  3. #8776b1
  4. #8677ab
  5. #8578a5
  6. #857a9f
  7. #847b98
  8. #837c92
  9. #827d8c
  10. #817f86
  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 #837a9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5f7fc0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #627ebb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7e808f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #727bbf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #747abc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #837ba3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8973bd {
  color: #8973bd;
}
Background
.bg-8973bd {
  background-color: #8973bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8973bd {
  border: 2px solid #8973bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8973bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 115 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 36% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8973bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8973bd, #ae73bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8973bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 115 189 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 4.49 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.63 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.09 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.72 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.73 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.99 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 11.46 #768c42 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8973bd  rgb(137, 115, 189)  hsl(258, 36%, 60%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a7bd73  rgb(167, 189, 115)  hsl(78, 36%, 60%)  Olivine
#bd8973  rgb(189, 137, 115)  hsl(18, 36%, 60%)  Beaver
#73bd89  rgb(115, 189, 137)  hsl(138, 36%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green