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#9978FE

#9978fe ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#9978fe is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 47.06% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.76% cyan, 52.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 254.78°, with 98.53% saturation and 73.33% 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 6.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 5.6.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2736

Complementary

  1. #9978fe
  2. #ddfe78

Split complementary

  1. #9978fe
  2. #fedc78
  3. #9afe78

Analogous

  1. #789afe
  2. #9978fe
  3. #dc78fe

Triadic

  1. #9978fe
  2. #fe9978
  3. #78fe99

Tetradic

  1. #9978fe
  2. #fe78dd
  3. #ddfe78
  4. #78fe99

Square

  1. #9978fe
  2. #fe789a
  3. #ddfe78
  4. #78fedc

Monochromatic

  1. #3702db
  2. #602cfd
  3. #9978fe
  4. #d2c4ff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#9978fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9978fe
  2. #8a6ce5
  3. #7a60cb
  4. #6b54b2
  5. #5c4898
  6. #4d3c7f
  7. #3d3066
  8. #2e244c
  9. #1f1833
  10. #0f0c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#9978fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9978fe
  2. #a386fe
  3. #ad93fe
  4. #b8a1fe
  5. #c2aefe
  6. #ccbcff
  7. #d6c9ff
  8. #e0d7ff
  9. #ebe4ff
  10. #f5f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9978fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9978fe
  2. #9779f1
  3. #947ae5
  4. #927ad8
  5. #8f7bcc
  6. #8d7cbf
  7. #8a7db2
  8. #887ea6
  9. #857e99
  10. #837f8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9386c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3b91ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #418cfb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7e94b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d88ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f85fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8a8ad4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9978fe {
  color: #9978fe;
}
Background
.bg-9978fe {
  background-color: #9978fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9978fe {
  border: 2px solid #9978fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9978fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 120 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 99% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9978fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9978fe, #dc78fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9978fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 120 254 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.60 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 6.99 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.13 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.34 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 12.61 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.64 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.82 #668701 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#9978fe  rgb(153, 120, 254)  hsl(255, 99%, 73%)  Medium Purple
#ddfe78  rgb(221, 254, 120)  hsl(75, 99%, 73%)  Inchworm
#fe9978  rgb(254, 153, 120)  hsl(15, 99%, 73%)  Light Salmon
#78fe99  rgb(120, 254, 153)  hsl(135, 99%, 73%)  Mint Green