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#997BAA

#997baa ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#997baa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 48.24% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10% cyan, 27.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 278.3°, with 21.66% saturation and 57.45% 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 5.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 3.96.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.2384

Complementary

  1. #997baa
  2. #8caa7b

Split complementary

  1. #997baa
  2. #a3aa7b
  3. #7baa81

Analogous

  1. #817baa
  2. #997baa
  3. #aa7ba3

Triadic

  1. #997baa
  2. #aa997b
  3. #7baa99

Tetradic

  1. #997baa
  2. #aa7b8c
  3. #8caa7b
  4. #7baa99

Square

  1. #997baa
  2. #aa817b
  3. #8caa7b
  4. #7ba3aa

Monochromatic

  1. #4a3755
  2. #735584
  3. #997baa
  4. #bdaac8
  5. #e1d8e6

Shades

#997baa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #997baa
  2. #8a6f99
  3. #7a6288
  4. #6b5677
  5. #5c4a66
  6. #4d3e55
  7. #3d3144
  8. #2e2533
  9. #1f1922
  10. #0f0c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#997baa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #997baa
  2. #a388b3
  3. #ad95bb
  4. #b8a3c4
  5. #c2b0cc
  6. #ccbdd5
  7. #d6cadd
  8. #e0d7e6
  9. #ebe5ee
  10. #f5f2f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#997baa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #997baa
  2. #977ca6
  3. #947ca2
  4. #927d9d
  5. #8f7d99
  6. #8d7e95
  7. #8a7e91
  8. #887f8d
  9. #857f88
  10. #838084
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e8296 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7484ac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a87a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98818c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8481ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8882a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #987f99 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-997baa {
  color: #997baa;
}
Background
.bg-997baa {
  background-color: #997baa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-997baa {
  border: 2px solid #997baa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #997baa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 123 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 22% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-997baa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #997baa, #aa7ba3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-997baa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 123 170 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 3.96 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 8.93 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.46 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.21 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.20 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 12.23 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 12.55 #668455 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#997baa  rgb(153, 123, 170)  hsl(278, 22%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#8caa7b  rgb(140, 170, 123)  hsl(98, 22%, 57%)  Asparagus
#aa997b  rgb(170, 153, 123)  hsl(38, 22%, 57%)  Camel
#7baa99  rgb(123, 170, 153)  hsl(158, 22%, 57%)  Cadet Blue