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#9991BC

#9991bc ≈ Cool Gray

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9991bc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 56.86% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.62% cyan, 22.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 251.16°, with 24.29% saturation and 65.29% 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 7.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 7.39.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3065

Complementary

  1. #9991bc
  2. #b4bc91

Split complementary

  1. #9991bc
  2. #bcae91
  3. #9ebc91

Analogous

  1. #919ebc
  2. #9991bc
  3. #ae91bc

Triadic

  1. #9991bc
  2. #bc9991
  3. #91bc99

Tetradic

  1. #9991bc
  2. #bc91b4
  3. #b4bc91
  4. #91bc99

Square

  1. #9991bc
  2. #bc919e
  3. #b4bc91
  4. #91bcae

Monochromatic

  1. #4c4470
  2. #6d619f
  3. #9991bc
  4. #c5c1d9
  5. #f1f0f6

Shades

#9991bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9991bc
  2. #8a83a9
  3. #7a7496
  4. #6b6684
  5. #5c5771
  6. #4d495e
  7. #3d3a4b
  8. #2e2c38
  9. #1f1d26
  10. #0f0f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#9991bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9991bc
  2. #a39cc3
  3. #ada7c9
  4. #b8b2d0
  5. #c2bdd7
  6. #ccc8de
  7. #d6d3e4
  8. #e0deeb
  9. #ebe9f2
  10. #f5f4f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9991bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9991bc
  2. #978fb6
  3. #948eb0
  4. #928caa
  5. #8f8aa4
  6. #8d899e
  7. #8a8798
  8. #888592
  9. #85838c
  10. #838286
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9794a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8797be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8896bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9298a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f95bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8f94bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9595ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9991bc {
  color: #9991bc;
}
Background
.bg-9991bc {
  background-color: #9991bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9991bc {
  border: 2px solid #9991bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9991bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 145 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 24% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9991bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9991bc, #ae91bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9991bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 145 188 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.39 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.89 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.19 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.68 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.94 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.86 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.42 #666e43 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#9991bc  rgb(153, 145, 188)  hsl(251, 24%, 65%)  Cool Gray
#b4bc91  rgb(180, 188, 145)  hsl(71, 24%, 65%)  Sage
#bc9991  rgb(188, 153, 145)  hsl(11, 24%, 65%)  Rosy Brown
#91bc99  rgb(145, 188, 153)  hsl(131, 24%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green