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#8181BD

#8181bd ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8181bd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.59% red, 50.59% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.75% cyan, 31.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 31.25% saturation and 62.35% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.75.

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Relative luminance0.2404

Complementary

  1. #8181bd
  2. #bdbd81

Split complementary

  1. #8181bd
  2. #bd9f81
  3. #9fbd81

Analogous

  1. #819fbd
  2. #8181bd
  3. #9f81bd

Triadic

  1. #8181bd
  2. #bd8181
  3. #81bd81

Tetradic

  1. #8181bd
  2. #bd81bd
  3. #bdbd81
  4. #81bd81

Square

  1. #8181bd
  2. #bd819f
  3. #bdbd81
  4. #81bd9f

Monochromatic

  1. #39396c
  2. #53539e
  3. #8181bd
  4. #b3b3d7
  5. #e5e5f2

Shades

#8181bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8181bd
  2. #7474aa
  3. #676797
  4. #5a5a84
  5. #4d4d71
  6. #41415f
  7. #34344c
  8. #272739
  9. #1a1a26
  10. #0d0d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8181bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8181bd
  2. #8e8ec4
  3. #9a9aca
  4. #a7a7d1
  5. #b3b3d7
  6. #c0c0de
  7. #cdcde5
  8. #d9d9eb
  9. #e6e6f2
  10. #f2f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8181bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8181bd
  2. #8181b7
  3. #8181b1
  4. #8181ab
  5. #8181a5
  6. #81819f
  7. #808098
  8. #808092
  9. #80808c
  10. #808086
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84849f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f89bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d85bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #728c97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7786be ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7683bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7888a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8181bd {
  color: #8181bd;
}
Background
.bg-8181bd {
  background-color: #8181bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8181bd {
  border: 2px solid #8181bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8181bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 129 129 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 31% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8181bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8181bd, #9f81bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8181bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(129 129 189 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.75 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.00 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.23 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.59 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.49 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.49 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.66 #7e7e42 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8181bd  rgb(129, 129, 189)  hsl(240, 31%, 62%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bdbd81  rgb(189, 189, 129)  hsl(60, 31%, 62%)  Sage
#bd8181  rgb(189, 129, 129)  hsl(0, 31%, 62%)  Old Rose
#81bd81  rgb(129, 189, 129)  hsl(120, 31%, 62%)  Dark Sea Green