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#8178AA

#8178aa ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8178aa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.59% red, 47.06% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.12% cyan, 29.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 250.8°, with 22.73% saturation and 56.86% 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 5.2:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 5.67.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.21

Complementary

  1. #8178aa
  2. #a1aa78

Split complementary

  1. #8178aa
  2. #aa9a78
  3. #88aa78

Analogous

  1. #7888aa
  2. #8178aa
  3. #9a78aa

Triadic

  1. #8178aa
  2. #aa8178
  3. #78aa81

Tetradic

  1. #8178aa
  2. #aa78a1
  3. #a1aa78
  4. #78aa81

Square

  1. #8178aa
  2. #aa7888
  3. #a1aa78
  4. #78aa9a

Monochromatic

  1. #3b3554
  2. #5b5283
  3. #8178aa
  4. #ada7c8
  5. #d9d6e5

Shades

#8178aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8178aa
  2. #746c99
  3. #676088
  4. #5a5477
  5. #4d4866
  6. #413c55
  7. #343044
  8. #272433
  9. #1a1822
  10. #0d0c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#8178aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8178aa
  2. #8e86b3
  3. #9a93bb
  4. #a7a1c4
  5. #b3aecc
  6. #c0bcd5
  7. #cdc9dd
  8. #d9d7e6
  9. #e6e4ee
  10. #f2f2f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8178aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8178aa
  2. #8179a6
  3. #817aa2
  4. #817a9d
  5. #817b99
  6. #817c95
  7. #807d91
  8. #807e8d
  9. #807e88
  10. #807f84
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f7c92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6c7fac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c7ea9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #78808a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #757cab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #757ba9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7c7d98 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8178aa {
  color: #8178aa;
}
Background
.bg-8178aa {
  background-color: #8178aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8178aa {
  border: 2px solid #8178aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8178aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 129 120 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 23% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8178aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8178aa, #9a78aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8178aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(129 120 170 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 5.67 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.52 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.90 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.15 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.36 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 12.71 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 13.06 #7e8755 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8178aa  rgb(129, 120, 170)  hsl(251, 23%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a1aa78  rgb(161, 170, 120)  hsl(71, 23%, 57%)  Sage
#aa8178  rgb(170, 129, 120)  hsl(11, 23%, 57%)  Beaver
#78aa81  rgb(120, 170, 129)  hsl(131, 23%, 57%)  Dark Sea Green