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#997EE7

#997ee7 ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#997ee7 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 49.41% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.77% cyan, 45.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 255.43°, with 68.63% saturation and 70% 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 6.49:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 4.37.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2746

Complementary

  1. #997ee7
  2. #cce77e

Split complementary

  1. #997ee7
  2. #e7ce7e
  3. #97e77e

Analogous

  1. #7e97e7
  2. #997ee7
  3. #ce7ee7

Triadic

  1. #997ee7
  2. #e7997e
  3. #7ee799

Tetradic

  1. #997ee7
  2. #e77ecc
  3. #cce77e
  4. #7ee799

Square

  1. #997ee7
  2. #e77e97
  3. #cce77e
  4. #7ee7ce

Monochromatic

  1. #4420ac
  2. #663ddb
  3. #997ee7
  4. #ccbef3
  5. #f1eefc

Shades

#997ee7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #997ee7
  2. #8a71d0
  3. #7a65b9
  4. #6b58a2
  5. #5c4c8b
  6. #4d3f74
  7. #3d325c
  8. #2e2645
  9. #1f192e
  10. #0f0d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#997ee7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #997ee7
  2. #a38be9
  3. #ad98ec
  4. #b8a5ee
  5. #c2b2f1
  6. #ccbff3
  7. #d6cbf5
  8. #e0d8f8
  9. #ebe5fa
  10. #f5f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#997ee7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #997ee7
  2. #977edd
  3. #947ed2
  4. #927fc8
  5. #8f7fbe
  6. #8d7fb4
  7. #8a7fa9
  8. #887f9f
  9. #858095
  10. #83808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9389b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5b90eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f8de4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8792a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7989e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a87e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8e8ac4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-997ee7 {
  color: #997ee7;
}
Background
.bg-997ee7 {
  background-color: #997ee7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-997ee7 {
  border: 2px solid #997ee7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #997ee7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 126 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 69% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-997ee7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #997ee7, #ce7ee7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-997ee7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 126 231 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 4.37 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.97 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.19 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.32 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.36 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.81 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.81 #668118 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#997ee7  rgb(153, 126, 231)  hsl(255, 69%, 70%)  Medium Purple
#cce77e  rgb(204, 231, 126)  hsl(75, 69%, 70%)  June Bud
#e7997e  rgb(231, 153, 126)  hsl(15, 69%, 70%)  Dark Salmon
#7ee799  rgb(126, 231, 153)  hsl(135, 69%, 70%)  Light Green