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#8971BE

#8971be ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8971be 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 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.89% cyan, 40.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 258.7°, with 37.2% saturation and 59.41% 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 5.17:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 4.92.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2085

Complementary

  1. #8971be
  2. #a6be71

Split complementary

  1. #8971be
  2. #beaf71
  3. #7fbe71

Analogous

  1. #717fbe
  2. #8971be
  3. #af71be

Triadic

  1. #8971be
  2. #be8971
  3. #71be89

Tetradic

  1. #8971be
  2. #be71a6
  3. #a6be71
  4. #71be89

Square

  1. #8971be
  2. #be717f
  3. #a6be71
  4. #71beaf

Monochromatic

  1. #402f67
  2. #61479b
  3. #8971be
  4. #b5a5d6
  5. #e0daee

Shades

#8971be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8971be
  2. #7b66ab
  3. #6e5a98
  4. #604f85
  5. #524472
  6. #45395f
  7. #372d4c
  8. #292239
  9. #1b1726
  10. #0e0b13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8971be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8971be
  2. #957fc5
  3. #a18dcb
  4. #ac9cd2
  5. #b8aad8
  6. #c4b8df
  7. #d0c6e5
  8. #dcd4ec
  9. #e7e3f2
  10. #f3f1f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8971be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8971be
  2. #8873b8
  3. #8774b2
  4. #8676ab
  5. #8577a5
  6. #85799f
  7. #847a99
  8. #837c93
  9. #827d8c
  10. #817f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83799c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5c7ec1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #607dbc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7e7e8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7179c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7378bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8379a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8971be {
  color: #8971be;
}
Background
.bg-8971be {
  background-color: #8971be;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8971be {
  border: 2px solid #8971be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8971be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 113 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 37% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8971be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8971be, #af71be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8971be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 113 190 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 4.92 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.24 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.47 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.28 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.79 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 10.39 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.83 #768e41 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8971be  rgb(137, 113, 190)  hsl(259, 37%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a6be71  rgb(166, 190, 113)  hsl(79, 37%, 59%)  Olivine
#be8971  rgb(190, 137, 113)  hsl(19, 37%, 59%)  Cafe au Lait
#71be89  rgb(113, 190, 137)  hsl(139, 37%, 59%)  Dark Sea Green