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#997BA4

#997ba4 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#997ba4 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 48.24% green and 64.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.71% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 35.69% black. Its hue angle is 283.9°, with 18.39% saturation and 56.27% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 5.64.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.2362

Complementary

  1. #997ba4
  2. #86a47b

Split complementary

  1. #997ba4
  2. #9aa47b
  3. #7ba484

Analogous

  1. #847ba4
  2. #997ba4
  3. #a47b9a

Triadic

  1. #997ba4
  2. #a4997b
  3. #7ba499

Tetradic

  1. #997ba4
  2. #a47b86
  3. #86a47b
  4. #7ba499

Square

  1. #997ba4
  2. #a4847b
  3. #86a47b
  4. #7b9aa4

Monochromatic

  1. #49374f
  2. #72567d
  3. #997ba4
  4. #bca8c3
  5. #dfd6e2

Shades

#997ba4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #997ba4
  2. #8a6f94
  3. #7a6283
  4. #6b5673
  5. #5c4a62
  6. #4d3e52
  7. #3d3142
  8. #2e2531
  9. #1f1921
  10. #0f0c10
  11. #000000

Tints

#997ba4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #997ba4
  2. #a388ad
  3. #ad95b6
  4. #b8a3bf
  5. #c2b0c8
  6. #ccbdd2
  7. #d6cadb
  8. #e0d7e4
  9. #ebe5ed
  10. #f5f2f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#997ba4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #997ba4
  2. #977ca0
  3. #947c9d
  4. #927d99
  5. #8f7d96
  6. #8d7e92
  7. #8a7e8e
  8. #887f8b
  9. #857f87
  10. #838084
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e8193 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7684a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c86a3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #998089 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8580a5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8982a3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #997e95 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-997ba4 {
  color: #997ba4;
}
Background
.bg-997ba4 {
  background-color: #997ba4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-997ba4 {
  border: 2px solid #997ba4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #997ba4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 123 164;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 18% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-997ba4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #997ba4, #a47b9a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-997ba4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 123 164 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 5.64 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 7.24 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 11.65 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.89 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.92 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 12.09 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 12.66 #66845b Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#997ba4  rgb(153, 123, 164)  hsl(284, 18%, 56%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#86a47b  rgb(134, 164, 123)  hsl(104, 18%, 56%)  Asparagus
#a4997b  rgb(164, 153, 123)  hsl(44, 18%, 56%)  Ecru
#7ba499  rgb(123, 164, 153)  hsl(164, 18%, 56%)  Cadet Blue