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#9E90CB

#9e90cb ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9e90cb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 56.47% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.17% cyan, 29.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 254.24°, with 36.2% saturation and 68.04% 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 7.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.85.

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Relative luminance0.3153

Complementary

  1. #9e90cb
  2. #bdcb90

Split complementary

  1. #9e90cb
  2. #cbbc90
  3. #9fcb90

Analogous

  1. #909fcb
  2. #9e90cb
  3. #bc90cb

Triadic

  1. #9e90cb
  2. #cb9e90
  3. #90cb9e

Tetradic

  1. #9e90cb
  2. #cb90bd
  3. #bdcb90
  4. #90cb9e

Square

  1. #9e90cb
  2. #cb909f
  3. #bdcb90
  4. #90cbbc

Monochromatic

  1. #4f3e84
  2. #705cb3
  3. #9e90cb
  4. #ccc4e3
  5. #f3f1f8

Shades

#9e90cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9e90cb
  2. #8e82b7
  3. #7e73a2
  4. #6f658e
  5. #5f567a
  6. #4f4866
  7. #3f3a51
  8. #2f2b3d
  9. #201d29
  10. #100e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#9e90cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9e90cb
  2. #a89bd0
  3. #b1a6d5
  4. #bbb1db
  5. #c5bce0
  6. #cfc8e5
  7. #d8d3ea
  8. #e2deef
  9. #ece9f5
  10. #f5f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9e90cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9e90cb
  2. #9b8ec4
  3. #988dbc
  4. #958bb5
  5. #928aad
  6. #8f88a6
  7. #8c869e
  8. #898597
  9. #86838f
  10. #838288
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b95af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8299cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8497c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #959aa5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8e95cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8f95ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9996b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9e90cb {
  color: #9e90cb;
}
Background
.bg-9e90cb {
  background-color: #9e90cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9e90cb {
  border: 2px solid #9e90cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9e90cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 144 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 36% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9e90cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9e90cb, #bc90cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9e90cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 144 203 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.85 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.96 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.40 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.76 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.46 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.30 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.71 #616f34 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#9e90cb  rgb(158, 144, 203)  hsl(254, 36%, 68%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bdcb90  rgb(189, 203, 144)  hsl(74, 36%, 68%)  Sage
#cb9e90  rgb(203, 158, 144)  hsl(14, 36%, 68%)  Pastel Pink
#90cb9e  rgb(144, 203, 158)  hsl(134, 36%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green