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#987CA8

#987ca8 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#987ca8 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 48.63% green and 65.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.52% cyan, 26.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 278.18°, with 20.18% saturation and 57.25% 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 5.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 4.63.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.2392

Complementary

  1. #987ca8
  2. #8ca87c

Split complementary

  1. #987ca8
  2. #a2a87c
  3. #7ca882

Analogous

  1. #827ca8
  2. #987ca8
  3. #a87ca2

Triadic

  1. #987ca8
  2. #a8987c
  3. #7ca898

Tetradic

  1. #987ca8
  2. #a87c8c
  3. #8ca87c
  4. #7ca898

Square

  1. #987ca8
  2. #a8827c
  3. #8ca87c
  4. #7ca2a8

Monochromatic

  1. #493754
  2. #725681
  3. #987ca8
  4. #bcaac7
  5. #e0d8e5

Shades

#987ca8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #987ca8
  2. #897097
  3. #7a6386
  4. #6a5776
  5. #5b4a65
  6. #4c3e54
  7. #3d3243
  8. #2e2532
  9. #1e1922
  10. #0f0c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#987ca8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #987ca8
  2. #a289b1
  3. #ad96b9
  4. #b7a3c2
  5. #c1b0cb
  6. #ccbed4
  7. #d6cbdc
  8. #e0d8e5
  9. #eae5ee
  10. #f5f2f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#987ca8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #987ca8
  2. #967ca4
  3. #937da0
  4. #917d9c
  5. #8e7e98
  6. #8c7e94
  7. #8a7e90
  8. #877f8c
  9. #857f88
  10. #828084
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e8295 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7685aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b87a7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97818b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8581a9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8883a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #977f98 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-987ca8 {
  color: #987ca8;
}
Background
.bg-987ca8 {
  background-color: #987ca8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-987ca8 {
  border: 2px solid #987ca8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #987ca8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 124 168;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 20% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-987ca8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #987ca8, #a87ca2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-987ca8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 124 168 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 4.63 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 8.29 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.10 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 11.90 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.94 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.04 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 12.55 #678357 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#987ca8  rgb(152, 124, 168)  hsl(278, 20%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#8ca87c  rgb(140, 168, 124)  hsl(98, 20%, 57%)  Asparagus
#a8987c  rgb(168, 152, 124)  hsl(38, 20%, 57%)  Camel
#7ca898  rgb(124, 168, 152)  hsl(158, 20%, 57%)  Cadet Blue