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#997FAA

#997faa ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#997faa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 49.8% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10% cyan, 25.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 276.28°, with 20.19% saturation and 58.24% 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 5.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 5.

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Relative luminance0.2485

Complementary

  1. #997faa
  2. #90aa7f

Split complementary

  1. #997faa
  2. #a6aa7f
  3. #7faa84

Analogous

  1. #847faa
  2. #997faa
  3. #aa7fa6

Triadic

  1. #997faa
  2. #aa997f
  3. #7faa99

Tetradic

  1. #997faa
  2. #aa7f90
  3. #90aa7f
  4. #7faa99

Square

  1. #997faa
  2. #aa847f
  3. #90aa7f
  4. #7fa6aa

Monochromatic

  1. #4b3957
  2. #735885
  3. #997faa
  4. #beadc9
  5. #e2dbe7

Shades

#997faa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #997faa
  2. #8a7299
  3. #7a6688
  4. #6b5977
  5. #5c4c66
  6. #4d4055
  7. #3d3344
  8. #2e2633
  9. #1f1922
  10. #0f0d11
  11. #000000

Tints

#997faa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #997faa
  2. #a38cb3
  3. #ad99bb
  4. #b8a5c4
  5. #c2b2cc
  6. #ccbfd5
  7. #d6ccdd
  8. #e0d9e6
  9. #ebe5ee
  10. #f5f2f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#997faa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #997faa
  2. #977fa6
  3. #947fa2
  4. #927f9d
  5. #8f7f99
  6. #8d8095
  7. #8a8091
  8. #88808d
  9. #858088
  10. #838084
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f8597 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7987ac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e89a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98848e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8784ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a85a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #98829a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-997faa {
  color: #997faa;
}
Background
.bg-997faa {
  background-color: #997faa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-997faa {
  border: 2px solid #997faa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #997faa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 127 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 20% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-997faa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #997faa, #aa7fa6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-997faa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 127 170 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 5.00 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 8.36 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.05 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 11.09 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.15 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.36 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.39 #668055 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#997faa  rgb(153, 127, 170)  hsl(276, 20%, 58%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#90aa7f  rgb(144, 170, 127)  hsl(96, 20%, 58%)  Asparagus
#aa997f  rgb(170, 153, 127)  hsl(36, 20%, 58%)  Camel
#7faa99  rgb(127, 170, 153)  hsl(156, 20%, 58%)  Cadet Blue