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#968BB4

#968bb4 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#968bb4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 54.51% green and 70.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.67% cyan, 22.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 256.1°, with 21.47% saturation and 62.55% 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 6.65:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.57.

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Relative luminance0.2824

Complementary

  1. #968bb4
  2. #a9b48b

Split complementary

  1. #968bb4
  2. #b4ab8b
  3. #94b48b

Analogous

  1. #8b94b4
  2. #968bb4
  3. #ab8bb4

Triadic

  1. #968bb4
  2. #b4968b
  3. #8bb496

Tetradic

  1. #968bb4
  2. #b48ba9
  3. #a9b48b
  4. #8bb496

Square

  1. #968bb4
  2. #b48b94
  3. #a9b48b
  4. #8bb4ab

Monochromatic

  1. #4b4165
  2. #6d5f93
  3. #968bb4
  4. #c0b9d2
  5. #eae8f0

Shades

#968bb4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #968bb4
  2. #877da2
  3. #786f90
  4. #69617e
  5. #5a536c
  6. #4b465a
  7. #3c3848
  8. #2d2a36
  9. #1e1c24
  10. #0f0e12
  11. #000000

Tints

#968bb4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #968bb4
  2. #a197bc
  3. #aba2c3
  4. #b6aecb
  5. #c0b9d2
  6. #cbc5da
  7. #d5d1e1
  8. #e0dce9
  9. #eae8f0
  10. #f5f3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#968bb4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #968bb4
  2. #948aaf
  3. #9289aa
  4. #8f88a4
  5. #8d879f
  6. #8b869a
  7. #898495
  8. #878390
  9. #84828a
  10. #828185
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #938fa0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8291b6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8490b3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #919199 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8b8fb5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8b8eb3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #938fa5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-968bb4 {
  color: #968bb4;
}
Background
.bg-968bb4 {
  background-color: #968bb4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-968bb4 {
  border: 2px solid #968bb4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #968bb4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 139 180;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 21% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-968bb4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #968bb4, #ab8bb4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-968bb4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 139 180 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.57 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.95 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.40 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.48 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 11.26 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.75 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.86 #69744b Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#968bb4  rgb(150, 139, 180)  hsl(256, 21%, 63%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a9b48b  rgb(169, 180, 139)  hsl(76, 21%, 63%)  Sage
#b4968b  rgb(180, 150, 139)  hsl(16, 21%, 63%)  Rosy Brown
#8bb496  rgb(139, 180, 150)  hsl(136, 21%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green