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#997FEE

#997fee ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#997fee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 49.8% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.71% cyan, 46.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 254.05°, with 76.55% saturation and 71.57% 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 6.62:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 5.08.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2812

Complementary

  1. #997fee
  2. #d4ee7f

Split complementary

  1. #997fee
  2. #eed07f
  3. #9dee7f

Analogous

  1. #7f9dee
  2. #997fee
  3. #d07fee

Triadic

  1. #997fee
  2. #ee997f
  3. #7fee99

Tetradic

  1. #997fee
  2. #ee7fd4
  3. #d4ee7f
  4. #7fee99

Square

  1. #997fee
  2. #ee7f9d
  3. #d4ee7f
  4. #7feed0

Monochromatic

  1. #3f19bb
  2. #633be5
  3. #997fee
  4. #cfc3f7
  5. #f1edfd

Shades

#997fee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #997fee
  2. #8a72d6
  3. #7a66be
  4. #6b59a7
  5. #5c4c8f
  6. #4d4077
  7. #3d335f
  8. #2e2647
  9. #1f1930
  10. #0f0d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#997fee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #997fee
  2. #a38cf0
  3. #ad99f1
  4. #b8a5f3
  5. #c2b2f5
  6. #ccbff7
  7. #d6ccf8
  8. #e0d9fa
  9. #ebe5fc
  10. #f5f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#997fee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #997fee
  2. #977fe3
  3. #947fd8
  4. #927fcd
  5. #8f7fc2
  6. #8d80b7
  7. #8a80ac
  8. #8880a1
  9. #858096
  10. #83808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #948abd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5892f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b8eeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8495ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #778bf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7989ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8d8cc9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-997fee {
  color: #997fee;
}
Background
.bg-997fee {
  background-color: #997fee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-997fee {
  border: 2px solid #997fee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #997fee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 127 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 77% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-997fee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #997fee, #d07fee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-997fee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 127 238 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.08 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.63 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.24 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.02 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.47 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.99 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.99 #668011 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#997fee  rgb(153, 127, 238)  hsl(254, 77%, 72%)  Medium Purple
#d4ee7f  rgb(212, 238, 127)  hsl(74, 77%, 72%)  June Bud
#ee997f  rgb(238, 153, 127)  hsl(14, 77%, 72%)  Dark Salmon
#7fee99  rgb(127, 238, 153)  hsl(134, 77%, 72%)  Light Green