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#897ABE

#897abe ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#897abe is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 47.84% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.89% cyan, 35.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 253.24°, with 34.34% saturation and 61.18% 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 5.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 4.52.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2296

Complementary

  1. #897abe
  2. #afbe7a

Split complementary

  1. #897abe
  2. #beab7a
  3. #8dbe7a

Analogous

  1. #7a8dbe
  2. #897abe
  3. #ab7abe

Triadic

  1. #897abe
  2. #be897a
  3. #7abe89

Tetradic

  1. #897abe
  2. #be7aaf
  3. #afbe7a
  4. #7abe89

Square

  1. #897abe
  2. #be7a8d
  3. #afbe7a
  4. #7abeab

Monochromatic

  1. #40346b
  2. #5f4d9e
  3. #897abe
  4. #b7add7
  5. #e4e1f0

Shades

#897abe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #897abe
  2. #7b6eab
  3. #6e6298
  4. #605585
  5. #524972
  6. #453d5f
  7. #37314c
  8. #292539
  9. #1b1826
  10. #0e0c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#897abe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #897abe
  2. #9587c5
  3. #a195cb
  4. #aca2d2
  5. #b8afd8
  6. #c4bddf
  7. #d0cae5
  8. #dcd7ec
  9. #e7e4f2
  10. #f3f2f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#897abe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #897abe
  2. #887bb8
  3. #877bb2
  4. #867cab
  5. #857ca5
  6. #857d9f
  7. #847e99
  8. #837e93
  9. #827f8c
  10. #817f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86809e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6885c1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6983bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7e8693 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7680c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #777fbd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8281a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-897abe {
  color: #897abe;
}
Background
.bg-897abe {
  background-color: #897abe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-897abe {
  border: 2px solid #897abe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #897abe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 122 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 34% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-897abe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #897abe, #ab7abe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-897abe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 122 190 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 4.52 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.71 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.14 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.76 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.68 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.76 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.20 #768541 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#897abe  rgb(137, 122, 190)  hsl(253, 34%, 61%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#afbe7a  rgb(175, 190, 122)  hsl(73, 34%, 61%)  Olivine
#be897a  rgb(190, 137, 122)  hsl(13, 34%, 61%)  Rosy Brown
#7abe89  rgb(122, 190, 137)  hsl(133, 34%, 61%)  Dark Sea Green