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#976AEA

#976aea ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#976aea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 41.57% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.47% cyan, 54.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 261.09°, with 75.29% saturation and 66.67% 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 5.57:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 2.85.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2283

Complementary

  1. #976aea
  2. #bdea6a

Split complementary

  1. #976aea
  2. #ead76a
  3. #7dea6a

Analogous

  1. #6a7dea
  2. #976aea
  3. #d76aea

Triadic

  1. #976aea
  2. #ea976a
  3. #6aea97

Tetradic

  1. #976aea
  2. #ea6abd
  3. #bdea6a
  4. #6aea97

Square

  1. #976aea
  2. #ea6a7d
  3. #bdea6a
  4. #6aead7

Monochromatic

  1. #4917a4
  2. #6827e1
  3. #976aea
  4. #c6adf3
  5. #f3edfc

Shades

#976aea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #976aea
  2. #885fd3
  3. #7955bb
  4. #6a4aa4
  5. #5b408c
  6. #4c3575
  7. #3c2a5e
  8. #2d2046
  9. #1e152f
  10. #0f0b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#976aea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #976aea
  2. #a179ec
  3. #ac88ee
  4. #b697f0
  5. #c1a6f2
  6. #cbb5f5
  7. #d5c3f7
  8. #e0d2f9
  9. #eae1fb
  10. #f5f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#976aea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #976aea
  2. #956cdf
  3. #926ed5
  4. #9071ca
  5. #8e73c0
  6. #8c75b5
  7. #8977aa
  8. #8779a0
  9. #857c95
  10. #827e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c7ab6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3184ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3f82e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8484a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #697aed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d79e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8c7bc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-976aea {
  color: #976aea;
}
Background
.bg-976aea {
  background-color: #976aea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-976aea {
  border: 2px solid #976aea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #976aea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 106 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 75% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-976aea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #976aea, #d76aea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-976aea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 106 234 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 2.85 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.17 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.31 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.04 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.33 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.44 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.88 #689515 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#976aea  rgb(151, 106, 234)  hsl(261, 75%, 67%)  Medium Purple
#bdea6a  rgb(189, 234, 106)  hsl(81, 75%, 67%)  Inchworm
#ea976a  rgb(234, 151, 106)  hsl(21, 75%, 67%)  Raw Sienna
#6aea97  rgb(106, 234, 151)  hsl(141, 75%, 67%)  Light Green