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#9E8BC3

#9e8bc3 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9e8bc3 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 54.51% green and 76.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.97% cyan, 28.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 260.36°, with 31.82% saturation and 65.49% 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 6.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 6.07.

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Relative luminance0.2967

Complementary

  1. #9e8bc3
  2. #b0c38b

Split complementary

  1. #9e8bc3
  2. #c3ba8b
  3. #94c38b

Analogous

  1. #8b94c3
  2. #9e8bc3
  3. #ba8bc3

Triadic

  1. #9e8bc3
  2. #c39e8b
  3. #8bc39e

Tetradic

  1. #9e8bc3
  2. #c38bb0
  3. #b0c38b
  4. #8bc39e

Square

  1. #9e8bc3
  2. #c38b94
  3. #b0c38b
  4. #8bc3ba

Monochromatic

  1. #513e77
  2. #7459a9
  3. #9e8bc3
  4. #c8bddd
  5. #f2f0f7

Shades

#9e8bc3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9e8bc3
  2. #8e7db0
  3. #7e6f9c
  4. #6f6189
  5. #5f5375
  6. #4f4662
  7. #3f384e
  8. #2f2a3b
  9. #201c27
  10. #100e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#9e8bc3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9e8bc3
  2. #a897c9
  3. #b1a2cf
  4. #bbaed5
  5. #c5b9db
  6. #cfc5e1
  7. #d8d1e7
  8. #e2dced
  9. #ece8f3
  10. #f5f3f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9e8bc3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9e8bc3
  2. #9b8abc
  3. #9889b6
  4. #9588af
  5. #9287a8
  6. #8f86a2
  7. #8c849b
  8. #898394
  9. #86828d
  10. #838187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9891a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f94c5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8294c1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98949f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8c91c4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8e90c2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9a90ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9e8bc3 {
  color: #9e8bc3;
}
Background
.bg-9e8bc3 {
  background-color: #9e8bc3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9e8bc3 {
  border: 2px solid #9e8bc3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9e8bc3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 139 195;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 32% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9e8bc3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9e8bc3, #ba8bc3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9e8bc3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 139 195 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.07 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.42 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.49 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.30 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.05 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.21 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.30 #61743c Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#9e8bc3  rgb(158, 139, 195)  hsl(260, 32%, 65%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#b0c38b  rgb(176, 195, 139)  hsl(80, 32%, 65%)  Olivine
#c39e8b  rgb(195, 158, 139)  hsl(20, 32%, 65%)  Tumbleweed
#8bc39e  rgb(139, 195, 158)  hsl(140, 32%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green