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#997EA6

#997ea6 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#997ea6 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 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.83% cyan, 24.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 280.5°, with 18.35% saturation and 57.25% 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 5.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 5.8.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.2445

Complementary

  1. #997ea6
  2. #8ba67e

Split complementary

  1. #997ea6
  2. #9fa67e
  3. #7ea685

Analogous

  1. #857ea6
  2. #997ea6
  3. #a67e9f

Triadic

  1. #997ea6
  2. #a6997e
  3. #7ea699

Tetradic

  1. #997ea6
  2. #a67e8b
  3. #8ba67e
  4. #7ea699

Square

  1. #997ea6
  2. #a6857e
  3. #8ba67e
  4. #7e9fa6

Monochromatic

  1. #4a3952
  2. #735880
  3. #997ea6
  4. #bdabc5
  5. #e1d9e4

Shades

#997ea6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #997ea6
  2. #8a7195
  3. #7a6585
  4. #6b5874
  5. #5c4c64
  6. #4d3f53
  7. #3d3242
  8. #2e2632
  9. #1f1921
  10. #0f0d11
  11. #000000

Tints

#997ea6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #997ea6
  2. #a38baf
  3. #ad98b8
  4. #b8a5c1
  5. #c2b2ca
  6. #ccbfd3
  7. #d6cbdb
  8. #e0d8e4
  9. #ebe5ed
  10. #f5f2f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#997ea6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #997ea6
  2. #977ea2
  3. #947e9e
  4. #927f9b
  5. #8f7f97
  6. #8d7f93
  7. #8a7f8f
  8. #887f8b
  9. #858088
  10. #838084
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f8495 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7986a8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e88a5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98838c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8783a7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a84a5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #998197 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-997ea6 {
  color: #997ea6;
}
Background
.bg-997ea6 {
  background-color: #997ea6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-997ea6 {
  border: 2px solid #997ea6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #997ea6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 126 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 18% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-997ea6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #997ea6, #a67e9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-997ea6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 126 166 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 5.80 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 7.34 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.79 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.04 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.85 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.51 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 12.58 #668159 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#997ea6  rgb(153, 126, 166)  hsl(281, 18%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#8ba67e  rgb(139, 166, 126)  hsl(101, 18%, 57%)  Asparagus
#a6997e  rgb(166, 153, 126)  hsl(41, 18%, 57%)  Ecru
#7ea699  rgb(126, 166, 153)  hsl(161, 18%, 57%)  Cadet Blue