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#977FEE

#977fee ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#977fee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.22% red, 49.8% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.55% cyan, 46.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 252.97°, with 76.55% saturation and 71.57% 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 6.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 5.12.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2793

Complementary

  1. #977fee
  2. #d6ee7f

Split complementary

  1. #977fee
  2. #eece7f
  3. #9fee7f

Analogous

  1. #7f9fee
  2. #977fee
  3. #ce7fee

Triadic

  1. #977fee
  2. #ee977f
  3. #7fee97

Tetradic

  1. #977fee
  2. #ee7fd6
  3. #d6ee7f
  4. #7fee97

Square

  1. #977fee
  2. #ee7f9f
  3. #d6ee7f
  4. #7feece

Monochromatic

  1. #3c19bb
  2. #603be5
  3. #977fee
  4. #cec3f7
  5. #f0edfd

Shades

#977fee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #977fee
  2. #8872d6
  3. #7966be
  4. #6a59a7
  5. #5b4c8f
  6. #4c4077
  7. #3c335f
  8. #2d2647
  9. #1e1930
  10. #0f0d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#977fee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #977fee
  2. #a18cf0
  3. #ac99f1
  4. #b6a5f3
  5. #c1b2f5
  6. #cbbff7
  7. #d5ccf8
  8. #e0d9fa
  9. #eae5fc
  10. #f5f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#977fee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #977fee
  2. #957fe3
  3. #927fd8
  4. #907fcd
  5. #8e7fc2
  6. #8c80b7
  7. #8980ac
  8. #8780a1
  9. #858096
  10. #82808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #938abd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5792f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5a8eeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8195ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #768bf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7788ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8a8dc9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-977fee {
  color: #977fee;
}
Background
.bg-977fee {
  background-color: #977fee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-977fee {
  border: 2px solid #977fee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #977fee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 151 127 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 77% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-977fee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #977fee, #ce7fee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-977fee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(151 127 238 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.12 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.02 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.02 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.15 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.60 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.85 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.85 #688011 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#977fee  rgb(151, 127, 238)  hsl(253, 77%, 72%)  Medium Purple
#d6ee7f  rgb(214, 238, 127)  hsl(73, 77%, 72%)  June Bud
#ee977f  rgb(238, 151, 127)  hsl(13, 77%, 72%)  Dark Salmon
#7fee97  rgb(127, 238, 151)  hsl(133, 77%, 72%)  Light Green