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#976DFA

#976dfa ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#976dfa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 42.75% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.6% cyan, 56.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 257.87°, with 93.38% saturation and 70.39% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.6.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2442

Complementary

  1. #976dfa
  2. #d0fa6d

Split complementary

  1. #976dfa
  2. #fadd6d
  3. #89fa6d

Analogous

  1. #6d89fa
  2. #976dfa
  3. #dd6dfa

Triadic

  1. #976dfa
  2. #fa976d
  3. #6dfa97

Tetradic

  1. #976dfa
  2. #fa6dd0
  3. #d0fa6d
  4. #6dfa97

Square

  1. #976dfa
  2. #fa6d89
  3. #d0fa6d
  4. #6dfadd

Monochromatic

  1. #4007c7
  2. #6223f7
  3. #976dfa
  4. #ccb7fd
  5. #f1ebfe

Shades

#976dfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #976dfa
  2. #8862e1
  3. #7957c8
  4. #6a4caf
  5. #5b4196
  6. #4c377d
  7. #3c2c64
  8. #2d214b
  9. #1e1632
  10. #0f0b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#976dfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #976dfa
  2. #a17cfb
  3. #ac8afb
  4. #b699fc
  5. #c1a7fc
  6. #cbb6fd
  7. #d5c5fd
  8. #e0d3fe
  9. #eae2fe
  10. #f5f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#976dfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #976dfa
  2. #956fee
  3. #9271e2
  4. #9073d5
  5. #8e75c9
  6. #8c77bd
  7. #8978b1
  8. #877aa5
  9. #857c98
  10. #827e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e7ec0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1d89ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2e85f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7d8ba9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #657ffd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #697cf8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8880cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-976dfa {
  color: #976dfa;
}
Background
.bg-976dfa {
  background-color: #976dfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-976dfa {
  border: 2px solid #976dfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #976dfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 109 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 93% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-976dfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #976dfa, #dd6dfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-976dfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 109 250 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.60 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.31 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.60 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.77 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 11.01 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.77 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.58 #689205 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#976dfa  rgb(151, 109, 250)  hsl(258, 93%, 70%)  Medium Purple
#d0fa6d  rgb(208, 250, 109)  hsl(78, 93%, 70%)  Inchworm
#fa976d  rgb(250, 151, 109)  hsl(18, 93%, 70%)  Light Salmon
#6dfa97  rgb(109, 250, 151)  hsl(138, 93%, 70%)  Pale Green