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#997EA5

#997ea5 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#997ea5 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 49.41% green and 64.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.27% cyan, 23.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 35.29% black. Its hue angle is 281.54°, with 17.81% saturation and 57.06% 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 5.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 6.08.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.2441

Complementary

  1. #997ea5
  2. #8aa57e

Split complementary

  1. #997ea5
  2. #9ea57e
  3. #7ea586

Analogous

  1. #867ea5
  2. #997ea5
  3. #a57e9e

Triadic

  1. #997ea5
  2. #a5997e
  3. #7ea599

Tetradic

  1. #997ea5
  2. #a57e8a
  3. #8aa57e
  4. #7ea599

Square

  1. #997ea5
  2. #a5867e
  3. #8aa57e
  4. #7e9ea5

Monochromatic

  1. #4a3951
  2. #73587e
  3. #997ea5
  4. #bdabc4
  5. #e0d8e4

Shades

#997ea5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #997ea5
  2. #8a7195
  3. #7a6584
  4. #6b5874
  5. #5c4c63
  6. #4d3f53
  7. #3d3242
  8. #2e2632
  9. #1f1921
  10. #0f0d11
  11. #000000

Tints

#997ea5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #997ea5
  2. #a38bae
  3. #ad98b7
  4. #b8a5c0
  5. #c2b2c9
  6. #ccbfd2
  7. #d6cbdb
  8. #e0d8e4
  9. #ebe5ed
  10. #f5f2f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#997ea5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #997ea5
  2. #977ea1
  3. #947e9e
  4. #927f9a
  5. #8f7f96
  6. #8d7f93
  7. #8a7f8f
  8. #887f8b
  9. #858087
  10. #838084
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f8494 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7986a7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f88a4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99828b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8783a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a84a4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #998196 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-997ea5 {
  color: #997ea5;
}
Background
.bg-997ea5 {
  background-color: #997ea5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-997ea5 {
  border: 2px solid #997ea5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #997ea5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 126 165;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 18% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-997ea5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #997ea5, #a57e9e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-997ea5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 126 165 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.08 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 7.05 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.63 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.93 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.11 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.50 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 12.58 #66815a Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#997ea5  rgb(153, 126, 165)  hsl(282, 18%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#8aa57e  rgb(138, 165, 126)  hsl(102, 18%, 57%)  Asparagus
#a5997e  rgb(165, 153, 126)  hsl(42, 18%, 57%)  Ecru
#7ea599  rgb(126, 165, 153)  hsl(162, 18%, 57%)  Cadet Blue