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#9870BB

#9870bb ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9870bb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 43.92% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.72% cyan, 40.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 272°, with 35.55% saturation and 58.63% 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 5.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 3.23.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2185

Complementary

  1. #9870bb
  2. #93bb70

Split complementary

  1. #9870bb
  2. #b9bb70
  3. #70bb73

Analogous

  1. #7370bb
  2. #9870bb
  3. #bb70b9

Triadic

  1. #9870bb
  2. #bb9870
  3. #70bb98

Tetradic

  1. #9870bb
  2. #bb7093
  3. #93bb70
  4. #70bb98

Square

  1. #9870bb
  2. #bb7370
  3. #93bb70
  4. #70b9bb

Monochromatic

  1. #4b2f63
  2. #724897
  3. #9870bb
  4. #bda4d4
  5. #e3d8ec

Shades

#9870bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9870bb
  2. #8965a8
  3. #7a5a96
  4. #6a4e83
  5. #5b4370
  6. #4c385e
  7. #3d2d4b
  8. #2e2238
  9. #1e1625
  10. #0f0b13
  11. #000000

Tints

#9870bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9870bb
  2. #a27ec2
  3. #ad8dc9
  4. #b79bcf
  5. #c1a9d6
  6. #ccb8dd
  7. #d6c6e4
  8. #e0d4eb
  9. #eae2f1
  10. #f5f1f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9870bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9870bb
  2. #9672b5
  3. #9373af
  4. #9175a9
  5. #8e76a3
  6. #8c789e
  7. #8a7a98
  8. #877b92
  9. #857d8c
  10. #827e86
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b7a9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #607fbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6981b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #937b8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a79bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f7bba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9577a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9870bb {
  color: #9870bb;
}
Background
.bg-9870bb {
  background-color: #9870bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9870bb {
  border: 2px solid #9870bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9870bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 112 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 36% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9870bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9870bb, #bb70b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9870bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 112 187 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 3.23 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 4.78 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.57 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.70 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.37 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.92 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 11.79 #678f44 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#9870bb  rgb(152, 112, 187)  hsl(272, 36%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#93bb70  rgb(147, 187, 112)  hsl(92, 36%, 59%)  Olivine
#bb9870  rgb(187, 152, 112)  hsl(32, 36%, 59%)  Camel
#70bb98  rgb(112, 187, 152)  hsl(152, 36%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine