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#8172BB

#8172bb ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8172bb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.59% red, 44.71% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.02% cyan, 39.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 252.33°, with 34.93% saturation and 59.02% 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 5.06:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 6.1.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2029

Complementary

  1. #8172bb
  2. #acbb72

Split complementary

  1. #8172bb
  2. #bba672
  3. #87bb72

Analogous

  1. #7287bb
  2. #8172bb
  3. #a672bb

Triadic

  1. #8172bb
  2. #bb8172
  3. #72bb81

Tetradic

  1. #8172bb
  2. #bb72ac
  3. #acbb72
  4. #72bb81

Square

  1. #8172bb
  2. #bb7287
  3. #acbb72
  4. #72bba6

Monochromatic

  1. #3b3064
  2. #594997
  3. #8172bb
  4. #afa6d4
  5. #ddd9ed

Shades

#8172bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8172bb
  2. #7467a8
  3. #675b96
  4. #5a5083
  5. #4d4470
  6. #41395e
  7. #342e4b
  8. #272238
  9. #1a1725
  10. #0d0b13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8172bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8172bb
  2. #8e80c2
  3. #9a8ec9
  4. #a79ccf
  5. #b3aad6
  6. #c0b9dd
  7. #cdc7e4
  8. #d9d5eb
  9. #e6e3f1
  10. #f2f1f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8172bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8172bb
  2. #8173b5
  3. #8175af
  4. #8176a9
  5. #8178a3
  6. #81799e
  7. #807a98
  8. #807c92
  9. #807d8c
  10. #807f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e7899 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5d7dbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e7bb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #747f8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d79bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e78ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #797aa2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8172bb {
  color: #8172bb;
}
Background
.bg-8172bb {
  background-color: #8172bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8172bb {
  border: 2px solid #8172bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8172bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 129 114 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 35% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8172bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8172bb, #a672bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8172bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(129 114 187 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.10 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 6.36 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.24 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.20 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.88 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 11.00 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.47 #7e8d44 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8172bb  rgb(129, 114, 187)  hsl(252, 35%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#acbb72  rgb(172, 187, 114)  hsl(72, 35%, 59%)  Olivine
#bb8172  rgb(187, 129, 114)  hsl(12, 35%, 59%)  Old Rose
#72bb81  rgb(114, 187, 129)  hsl(132, 35%, 59%)  Dark Sea Green