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#9C8CD3

#9c8cd3 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9c8cd3 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 54.9% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.07% cyan, 33.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 253.52°, with 44.65% saturation and 68.82% 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 7.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.63.

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Relative luminance0.3053

Complementary

  1. #9c8cd3
  2. #c3d38c

Split complementary

  1. #9c8cd3
  2. #d3bf8c
  3. #9fd38c

Analogous

  1. #8c9fd3
  2. #9c8cd3
  3. #bf8cd3

Triadic

  1. #9c8cd3
  2. #d39c8c
  3. #8cd39c

Tetradic

  1. #9c8cd3
  2. #d38cc3
  3. #c3d38c
  4. #8cd39c

Square

  1. #9c8cd3
  2. #d38c9f
  3. #c3d38c
  4. #8cd3bf

Monochromatic

  1. #4b378f
  2. #6c55be
  3. #9c8cd3
  4. #ccc3e8
  5. #f2f0f9

Shades

#9c8cd3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9c8cd3
  2. #8c7ebe
  3. #7d70a9
  4. #6d6294
  5. #5e547f
  6. #4e466a
  7. #3e3854
  8. #2f2a3f
  9. #1f1c2a
  10. #100e15
  11. #000000

Tints

#9c8cd3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9c8cd3
  2. #a698d7
  3. #b0a3dc
  4. #baafe0
  5. #c4bae5
  6. #cec6e9
  7. #d7d1ed
  8. #e1ddf2
  9. #ebe8f6
  10. #f5f4fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9c8cd3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9c8cd3
  2. #998bcb
  3. #968ac2
  4. #9488ba
  5. #9187b2
  6. #8e86aa
  7. #8b85a1
  8. #888499
  9. #868291
  10. #838188
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9892b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a97d6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b95d1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9098a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8993d5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a91d2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9593ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9c8cd3 {
  color: #9c8cd3;
}
Background
.bg-9c8cd3 {
  background-color: #9c8cd3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9c8cd3 {
  border: 2px solid #9c8cd3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9c8cd3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 140 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 45% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9c8cd3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9c8cd3, #bf8cd3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9c8cd3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 140 211 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.63 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.70 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.09 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.56 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.67 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.32 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.60 #63732c Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#9c8cd3  rgb(156, 140, 211)  hsl(254, 45%, 69%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#c3d38c  rgb(195, 211, 140)  hsl(74, 45%, 69%)  Olivine
#d39c8c  rgb(211, 156, 140)  hsl(14, 45%, 69%)  Dark Salmon
#8cd39c  rgb(140, 211, 156)  hsl(134, 45%, 69%)  Celadon