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#9B8DBB

#9b8dbb ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9b8dbb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 55.29% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.11% cyan, 24.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 258.26°, with 25.27% saturation and 64.31% 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 6.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.25.

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Relative luminance0.2961

Complementary

  1. #9b8dbb
  2. #adbb8d

Split complementary

  1. #9b8dbb
  2. #bbb28d
  3. #96bb8d

Analogous

  1. #8d96bb
  2. #9b8dbb
  3. #b28dbb

Triadic

  1. #9b8dbb
  2. #bb9b8d
  3. #8dbb9b

Tetradic

  1. #9b8dbb
  2. #bb8dad
  3. #adbb8d
  4. #8dbb9b

Square

  1. #9b8dbb
  2. #bb8d96
  3. #adbb8d
  4. #8dbbb2

Monochromatic

  1. #4f416e
  2. #715e9e
  3. #9b8dbb
  4. #c5bdd8
  5. #efedf4

Shades

#9b8dbb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9b8dbb
  2. #8c7fa8
  3. #7c7196
  4. #6d6383
  5. #5d5570
  6. #4e475e
  7. #3e384b
  8. #2f2a38
  9. #1f1c25
  10. #100e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#9b8dbb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9b8dbb
  2. #a598c2
  3. #afa4c9
  4. #b9afcf
  5. #c3bbd6
  6. #cdc6dd
  7. #d7d1e4
  8. #e1ddeb
  9. #ebe8f1
  10. #f5f4f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9b8dbb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9b8dbb
  2. #988cb5
  3. #968aaf
  4. #9389a9
  5. #9088a3
  6. #8e879e
  7. #8b8598
  8. #888492
  9. #85838c
  10. #838186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9791a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8394bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8594ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #95949d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8d91bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8f91ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9891aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9b8dbb {
  color: #9b8dbb;
}
Background
.bg-9b8dbb {
  background-color: #9b8dbb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9b8dbb {
  border: 2px solid #9b8dbb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9b8dbb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 141 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 25% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9b8dbb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9b8dbb, #b28dbb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9b8dbb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 141 187 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.25 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.94 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.43 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.07 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.24 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.63 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.90 #647244 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#9b8dbb  rgb(155, 141, 187)  hsl(258, 25%, 64%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#adbb8d  rgb(173, 187, 141)  hsl(78, 25%, 64%)  Sage
#bb9b8d  rgb(187, 155, 141)  hsl(18, 25%, 64%)  Silver Pink
#8dbb9b  rgb(141, 187, 155)  hsl(138, 25%, 64%)  Dark Sea Green