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#8173A5

#8173a5 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8173a5 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.59% red, 45.1% green and 64.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.82% cyan, 30.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 35.29% black. Its hue angle is 256.8°, with 21.74% saturation and 54.9% 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 4.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 5.52.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.1965

Complementary

  1. #8173a5
  2. #97a573

Split complementary

  1. #8173a5
  2. #a59a73
  3. #7ea573

Analogous

  1. #737ea5
  2. #8173a5
  3. #9a73a5

Triadic

  1. #8173a5
  2. #a58173
  3. #73a581

Tetradic

  1. #8173a5
  2. #a57397
  3. #97a573
  4. #73a581

Square

  1. #8173a5
  2. #a5737e
  3. #97a573
  4. #73a59a

Monochromatic

  1. #39324d
  2. #5c507c
  3. #8173a5
  4. #aba2c3
  5. #d5d0e1

Shades

#8173a5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8173a5
  2. #746895
  3. #675c84
  4. #5a5174
  5. #4d4563
  6. #413a53
  7. #342e42
  8. #272332
  9. #1a1721
  10. #0d0c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#8173a5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8173a5
  2. #8e81ae
  3. #9a8fb7
  4. #a79dc0
  5. #b3abc9
  6. #c0b9d2
  7. #cdc7db
  8. #d9d5e4
  9. #e6e3ed
  10. #f2f1f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8173a5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8173a5
  2. #8174a1
  3. #81769e
  4. #81779a
  5. #817896
  6. #817a93
  7. #807b8f
  8. #807c8b
  9. #807d87
  10. #807f84
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d788d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #677ba7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #697aa4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7a7b85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7378a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7477a4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7d7893 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8173a5 {
  color: #8173a5;
}
Background
.bg-8173a5 {
  background-color: #8173a5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8173a5 {
  border: 2px solid #8173a5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8173a5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 129 115 165;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 22% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8173a5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8173a5, #9a73a5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8173a5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(129 115 165 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 5.52 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.42 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.88 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 12.18 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 12.24 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 12.24 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.86 #7e8c5a Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8173a5  rgb(129, 115, 165)  hsl(257, 22%, 55%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#97a573  rgb(151, 165, 115)  hsl(77, 22%, 55%)  Moss Green
#a58173  rgb(165, 129, 115)  hsl(17, 22%, 55%)  Beaver
#73a581  rgb(115, 165, 129)  hsl(137, 22%, 55%)  Dark Sea Green