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#8485BB

#8485bb ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8485bb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.76% red, 52.16% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.41% cyan, 28.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 238.91°, with 28.8% saturation and 62.55% 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 6.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 8.03.

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Relative luminance0.2527

Complementary

  1. #8485bb
  2. #bbba84

Split complementary

  1. #8485bb
  2. #bb9f84
  3. #a1bb84

Analogous

  1. #84a1bb
  2. #8485bb
  3. #9f84bb

Triadic

  1. #8485bb
  2. #bb8485
  3. #85bb84

Tetradic

  1. #8485bb
  2. #ba84bb
  3. #bbba84
  4. #85bb84

Square

  1. #8485bb
  2. #bb84a1
  3. #bbba84
  4. #84bb9f

Monochromatic

  1. #3b3c6b
  2. #56589c
  3. #8485bb
  4. #b5b6d6
  5. #e7e7f1

Shades

#8485bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8485bb
  2. #7778a8
  3. #6a6a96
  4. #5c5d83
  5. #4f5070
  6. #42435e
  7. #35354b
  8. #282838
  9. #1a1b25
  10. #0d0d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8485bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8485bb
  2. #9091c2
  3. #9d9dc9
  4. #a9aacf
  5. #b5b6d6
  6. #c2c2dd
  7. #cecee4
  8. #dadaeb
  9. #e6e7f1
  10. #f3f3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8485bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8485bb
  2. #8485b5
  3. #8384af
  4. #8384a9
  5. #8283a3
  6. #82839e
  7. #828298
  8. #818292
  9. #81818c
  10. #808186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8788a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #768bbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7488ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #778f98 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c89bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a87ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7c8ba7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8485bb {
  color: #8485bb;
}
Background
.bg-8485bb {
  background-color: #8485bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8485bb {
  border: 2px solid #8485bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8485bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 132 133 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 29% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8485bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8485bb, #9f84bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8485bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(132 133 187 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.03 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.25 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.49 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.38 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.79 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.79 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.53 #7b7a44 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8485bb  rgb(132, 133, 187)  hsl(239, 29%, 63%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bbba84  rgb(187, 186, 132)  hsl(59, 29%, 63%)  Sage
#bb8485  rgb(187, 132, 133)  hsl(359, 29%, 63%)  Old Rose
#85bb84  rgb(133, 187, 132)  hsl(119, 29%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green