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#8971BC

#8971bc ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8971bc is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 44.31% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.13% cyan, 39.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 259.2°, with 35.89% 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 5.15:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 4.64.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2076

Complementary

  1. #8971bc
  2. #a4bc71

Split complementary

  1. #8971bc
  2. #bcaf71
  3. #7ebc71

Analogous

  1. #717ebc
  2. #8971bc
  3. #af71bc

Triadic

  1. #8971bc
  2. #bc8971
  3. #71bc89

Tetradic

  1. #8971bc
  2. #bc71a4
  3. #a4bc71
  4. #71bc89

Square

  1. #8971bc
  2. #bc717e
  3. #a4bc71
  4. #71bcaf

Monochromatic

  1. #402f65
  2. #624899
  3. #8971bc
  4. #b4a5d5
  5. #dfd9ed

Shades

#8971bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8971bc
  2. #7b66a9
  3. #6e5a96
  4. #604f84
  5. #524471
  6. #45395e
  7. #372d4b
  8. #292238
  9. #1b1726
  10. #0e0b13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8971bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8971bc
  2. #957fc3
  3. #a18dc9
  4. #ac9cd0
  5. #b8aad7
  6. #c4b8de
  7. #d0c6e4
  8. #dcd4eb
  9. #e7e3f2
  10. #f3f1f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8971bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8971bc
  2. #8873b6
  3. #8774b0
  4. #8676aa
  5. #8577a4
  6. #85799e
  7. #847a98
  8. #837c92
  9. #827d8c
  10. #817f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82799b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5d7ebf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #617dba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7f7e8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7179be ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7378bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8379a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8971bc {
  color: #8971bc;
}
Background
.bg-8971bc {
  background-color: #8971bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8971bc {
  border: 2px solid #8971bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8971bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 113 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 36% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8971bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8971bc, #af71bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8971bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 113 188 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 4.64 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.62 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.65 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.67 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.89 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.61 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.78 #768e43 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8971bc  rgb(137, 113, 188)  hsl(259, 36%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a4bc71  rgb(164, 188, 113)  hsl(79, 36%, 59%)  Olivine
#bc8971  rgb(188, 137, 113)  hsl(19, 36%, 59%)  Cafe au Lait
#71bc89  rgb(113, 188, 137)  hsl(139, 36%, 59%)  Dark Sea Green