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#8A69AE

#8a69ae ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a69ae is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 41.18% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.69% cyan, 39.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 268.7°, with 29.87% saturation and 54.71% 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 4.71:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 5.37.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.1856

Complementary

  1. #8a69ae
  2. #8dae69

Split complementary

  1. #8a69ae
  2. #aead69
  3. #6bae69

Analogous

  1. #696bae
  2. #8a69ae
  3. #ad69ae

Triadic

  1. #8a69ae
  2. #ae8a69
  3. #69ae8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a69ae
  2. #ae698d
  3. #8dae69
  4. #69ae8a

Square

  1. #8a69ae
  2. #ae696b
  3. #8dae69
  4. #69aead

Monochromatic

  1. #3e2c52
  2. #644784
  3. #8a69ae
  4. #b19bc9
  5. #d8cce4

Shades

#8a69ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a69ae
  2. #7c5f9d
  3. #6e548b
  4. #614a7a
  5. #533f68
  6. #453557
  7. #372a46
  8. #292034
  9. #1c1523
  10. #0e0b11
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a69ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a69ae
  2. #9678b6
  3. #a187be
  4. #ad96c6
  5. #b9a5ce
  6. #c5b4d7
  7. #d0c3df
  8. #dcd2e7
  9. #e8e1ef
  10. #f3f0f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a69ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a69ae
  2. #896ba9
  3. #886ea5
  4. #8770a0
  5. #86729c
  6. #857597
  7. #847792
  8. #83798e
  9. #827b89
  10. #817e85
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f7290 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5976b1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6178ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #847483 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7071b0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7372ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #877096 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a69ae {
  color: #8a69ae;
}
Background
.bg-8a69ae {
  background-color: #8a69ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a69ae {
  border: 2px solid #8a69ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a69ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 105 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 30% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a69ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a69ae, #ad69ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a69ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 105 174 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 5.37 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.11 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.34 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 8.47 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 8.55 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 11.15 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 11.24 #759651 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8a69ae  rgb(138, 105, 174)  hsl(269, 30%, 55%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#8dae69  rgb(141, 174, 105)  hsl(89, 30%, 55%)  Asparagus
#ae8a69  rgb(174, 138, 105)  hsl(29, 30%, 55%)  Cafe au Lait
#69ae8a  rgb(105, 174, 138)  hsl(149, 30%, 55%)  Mint