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#998ECC

#998ecc ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#998ecc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 55.69% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25% cyan, 30.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 250.65°, with 37.8% saturation and 67.84% 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.77.

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Relative luminance0.3048

Complementary

  1. #998ecc
  2. #c1cc8e

Split complementary

  1. #998ecc
  2. #ccb88e
  3. #a2cc8e

Analogous

  1. #8ea2cc
  2. #998ecc
  3. #b88ecc

Triadic

  1. #998ecc
  2. #cc998e
  3. #8ecc99

Tetradic

  1. #998ecc
  2. #cc8ec1
  3. #c1cc8e
  4. #8ecc99

Square

  1. #998ecc
  2. #cc8ea2
  3. #c1cc8e
  4. #8eccb8

Monochromatic

  1. #493c85
  2. #6959b4
  3. #998ecc
  4. #c9c3e4
  5. #f2f1f9

Shades

#998ecc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #998ecc
  2. #8a80b8
  3. #7a72a3
  4. #6b638f
  5. #5c557a
  6. #4d4766
  7. #3d3952
  8. #2e2b3d
  9. #1f1c29
  10. #0f0e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#998ecc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #998ecc
  2. #a399d1
  3. #ada5d6
  4. #b8b0db
  5. #c2bbe0
  6. #ccc7e6
  7. #d6d2eb
  8. #e0ddf0
  9. #ebe8f5
  10. #f5f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#998ecc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #998ecc
  2. #978dc4
  3. #948bbd
  4. #928ab5
  5. #8f88ae
  6. #8d87a6
  7. #8a869e
  8. #888497
  9. #85838f
  10. #838188
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9793ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e97cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f95ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8e98a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8a93ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a92cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9394b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-998ecc {
  color: #998ecc;
}
Background
.bg-998ecc {
  background-color: #998ecc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-998ecc {
  border: 2px solid #998ecc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #998ecc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 142 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 38% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-998ecc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #998ecc, #b88ecc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-998ecc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 142 204 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.77 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.17 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.51 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.42 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.53 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.69 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 12.74 #667133 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#998ecc  rgb(153, 142, 204)  hsl(251, 38%, 68%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#c1cc8e  rgb(193, 204, 142)  hsl(71, 38%, 68%)  Sage
#cc998e  rgb(204, 153, 142)  hsl(11, 38%, 68%)  Rosy Brown
#8ecc99  rgb(142, 204, 153)  hsl(131, 38%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green