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#9779B4

#9779b4 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9779b4 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 47.45% green and 70.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.11% cyan, 32.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 270.51°, with 28.23% saturation and 59.02% 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 5.71:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 0.79.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2355

Complementary

  1. #9779b4
  2. #96b479

Split complementary

  1. #9779b4
  2. #b3b479
  3. #79b47a

Analogous

  1. #7a79b4
  2. #9779b4
  3. #b479b3

Triadic

  1. #9779b4
  2. #b49779
  3. #79b497

Tetradic

  1. #9779b4
  2. #b47996
  3. #96b479
  4. #79b497

Square

  1. #9779b4
  2. #b47a79
  3. #96b479
  4. #79b3b4

Monochromatic

  1. #4a355f
  2. #715190
  3. #9779b4
  4. #bdaacf
  5. #e3dbeb

Shades

#9779b4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9779b4
  2. #886da2
  3. #796190
  4. #6a557e
  5. #5b496c
  6. #4c3d5a
  7. #3c3048
  8. #2d2436
  9. #1e1824
  10. #0f0c12
  11. #000000

Tints

#9779b4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9779b4
  2. #a186bc
  3. #ac94c3
  4. #b6a1cb
  5. #c1afd2
  6. #cbbcda
  7. #d5c9e1
  8. #e0d7e9
  9. #eae4f0
  10. #f5f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9779b4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9779b4
  2. #957aaf
  3. #927aaa
  4. #907ba4
  5. #8e7c9f
  6. #8c7d9a
  7. #897d95
  8. #877e90
  9. #857f8a
  10. #827f85
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d819a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e84b6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7486b2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93818e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8080b5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8381b3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #957e9f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9779b4 {
  color: #9779b4;
}
Background
.bg-9779b4 {
  background-color: #9779b4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9779b4 {
  border: 2px solid #9779b4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9779b4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 121 180;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 28% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9779b4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9779b4, #b479b3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9779b4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 121 180 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 0.79 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.46 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.47 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.14 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 11.95 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 12.48 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 13.04 #68864b Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#9779b4  rgb(151, 121, 180)  hsl(271, 28%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#96b479  rgb(150, 180, 121)  hsl(91, 28%, 59%)  Olivine
#b49779  rgb(180, 151, 121)  hsl(31, 28%, 59%)  Camel
#79b497  rgb(121, 180, 151)  hsl(151, 28%, 59%)  Dark Sea Green