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#997BA7

#997ba7 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#997ba7 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 48.24% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.38% cyan, 26.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.51% black. Its hue angle is 280.91°, with 20% saturation and 56.86% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 4.78.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.2373

Complementary

  1. #997ba7
  2. #89a77b

Split complementary

  1. #997ba7
  2. #9fa77b
  3. #7ba783

Analogous

  1. #837ba7
  2. #997ba7
  3. #a77b9f

Triadic

  1. #997ba7
  2. #a7997b
  3. #7ba799

Tetradic

  1. #997ba7
  2. #a77b89
  3. #89a77b
  4. #7ba799

Square

  1. #997ba7
  2. #a7837b
  3. #89a77b
  4. #7b9fa7

Monochromatic

  1. #493752
  2. #735580
  3. #997ba7
  4. #bca9c6
  5. #e0d7e4

Shades

#997ba7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #997ba7
  2. #8a6f96
  3. #7a6286
  4. #6b5675
  5. #5c4a64
  6. #4d3e54
  7. #3d3143
  8. #2e2532
  9. #1f1921
  10. #0f0c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#997ba7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #997ba7
  2. #a388b0
  3. #ad95b9
  4. #b8a3c1
  5. #c2b0ca
  6. #ccbdd3
  7. #d6cadc
  8. #e0d7e5
  9. #ebe5ed
  10. #f5f2f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#997ba7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #997ba7
  2. #977ca3
  3. #947c9f
  4. #927d9b
  5. #8f7d97
  6. #8d7e94
  7. #8a7e90
  8. #887f8c
  9. #857f88
  10. #838084
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e8294 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7584a9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b87a6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98808a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8580a8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8882a6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #997e97 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-997ba7 {
  color: #997ba7;
}
Background
.bg-997ba7 {
  background-color: #997ba7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-997ba7 {
  border: 2px solid #997ba7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #997ba7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 123 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 20% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-997ba7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #997ba7, #a77b9f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-997ba7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 123 167 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 4.78 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 8.09 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.15 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.92 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 12.09 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 12.13 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.23 #668458 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#997ba7  rgb(153, 123, 167)  hsl(281, 20%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#89a77b  rgb(137, 167, 123)  hsl(101, 20%, 57%)  Asparagus
#a7997b  rgb(167, 153, 123)  hsl(41, 20%, 57%)  Ecru
#7ba799  rgb(123, 167, 153)  hsl(161, 20%, 57%)  Cadet Blue