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#997DFD

#997dfd ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#997dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 49.02% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.53% cyan, 50.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 253.13°, with 96.97% saturation and 74.12% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.71:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 6.16.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2853

Complementary

  1. #997dfd
  2. #e1fd7d

Split complementary

  1. #997dfd
  2. #fdd97d
  3. #a1fd7d

Analogous

  1. #7da1fd
  2. #997dfd
  3. #d97dfd

Triadic

  1. #997dfd
  2. #fd997d
  3. #7dfd99

Tetradic

  1. #997dfd
  2. #fd7de1
  3. #e1fd7d
  4. #7dfd99

Square

  1. #997dfd
  2. #fd7da1
  3. #e1fd7d
  4. #7dfdd9

Monochromatic

  1. #3303de
  2. #5e32fc
  3. #997dfd
  4. #d4c8fe
  5. #efebff

Shades

#997dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #997dfd
  2. #8a71e4
  3. #7a64ca
  4. #6b58b1
  5. #5c4b98
  6. #4d3f7f
  7. #3d3265
  8. #2e264c
  9. #1f1933
  10. #0f0d19
  11. #000000

Tints

#997dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #997dfd
  2. #a38afd
  3. #ad97fd
  4. #b8a4fe
  5. #c2b1fe
  6. #ccbefe
  7. #d6cbfe
  8. #e0d8fe
  9. #ebe5ff
  10. #f5f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#997dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #997dfd
  2. #977df1
  3. #947ee4
  4. #927ed8
  5. #8f7ecb
  6. #8d7fbf
  7. #8a7fb2
  8. #887fa6
  9. #857f99
  10. #83808d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #958ac6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4794ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4b8ffa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7e97b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #718bff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7288fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8a8ed4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-997dfd {
  color: #997dfd;
}
Background
.bg-997dfd {
  background-color: #997dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-997dfd {
  border: 2px solid #997dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #997dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 125 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 97% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-997dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #997dfd, #d97dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-997dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 125 253 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.16 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.83 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.02 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.08 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.55 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.66 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 12.66 #668202 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#997dfd  rgb(153, 125, 253)  hsl(253, 97%, 74%)  Medium Purple
#e1fd7d  rgb(225, 253, 125)  hsl(73, 97%, 74%)  Pastel Yellow
#fd997d  rgb(253, 153, 125)  hsl(13, 97%, 74%)  Vivid Tangerine
#7dfd99  rgb(125, 253, 153)  hsl(133, 97%, 74%)  Mint Green