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#8975BB

#8975bb ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8975bb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 45.88% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.74% cyan, 37.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 257.14°, with 33.98% 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 5.33:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 4.02.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2163

Complementary

  1. #8975bb
  2. #a7bb75

Split complementary

  1. #8975bb
  2. #bbac75
  3. #84bb75

Analogous

  1. #7584bb
  2. #8975bb
  3. #ac75bb

Triadic

  1. #8975bb
  2. #bb8975
  3. #75bb89

Tetradic

  1. #8975bb
  2. #bb75a7
  3. #a7bb75
  4. #75bb89

Square

  1. #8975bb
  2. #bb7584
  3. #a7bb75
  4. #75bbac

Monochromatic

  1. #413265
  2. #614b98
  3. #8975bb
  4. #b5a8d4
  5. #e1dcee

Shades

#8975bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8975bb
  2. #7b69a8
  3. #6e5e96
  4. #605283
  5. #524670
  6. #453b5e
  7. #372f4b
  8. #292338
  9. #1b1725
  10. #0e0c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8975bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8975bb
  2. #9583c2
  3. #a191c9
  4. #ac9ecf
  5. #b8acd6
  6. #c4badd
  7. #d0c8e4
  8. #dcd6eb
  9. #e7e3f1
  10. #f3f1f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8975bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8975bb
  2. #8876b5
  3. #8777af
  4. #8678a9
  5. #8579a3
  6. #857b9e
  7. #847c98
  8. #837d92
  9. #827e8c
  10. #817f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #847c9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6381be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #667fb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7f818f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #747cbd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #757bba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #837ca3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8975bb {
  color: #8975bb;
}
Background
.bg-8975bb {
  background-color: #8975bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8975bb {
  border: 2px solid #8975bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8975bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 117 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 34% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8975bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8975bb, #ac75bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8975bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 117 187 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 4.02 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.29 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.85 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.80 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.40 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.73 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 12.12 #768a44 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8975bb  rgb(137, 117, 187)  hsl(257, 34%, 60%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a7bb75  rgb(167, 187, 117)  hsl(77, 34%, 60%)  Olivine
#bb8975  rgb(187, 137, 117)  hsl(17, 34%, 60%)  Beaver
#75bb89  rgb(117, 187, 137)  hsl(137, 34%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green