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#8A6AA3

#8a6aa3 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8a6aa3 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 41.57% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.34% cyan, 34.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.08% black. Its hue angle is 273.68°, with 23.65% saturation and 52.75% 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 4.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 5.53.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.1836

Complementary

  1. #8a6aa3
  2. #83a36a

Split complementary

  1. #8a6aa3
  2. #a0a36a
  3. #6aa36e

Analogous

  1. #6e6aa3
  2. #8a6aa3
  3. #a36aa0

Triadic

  1. #8a6aa3
  2. #a38a6a
  3. #6aa38a

Tetradic

  1. #8a6aa3
  2. #a36a83
  3. #83a36a
  4. #6aa38a

Square

  1. #8a6aa3
  2. #a36e6a
  3. #83a36a
  4. #6aa0a3

Monochromatic

  1. #3c2c48
  2. #634977
  3. #8a6aa3
  4. #af99c0
  5. #d4c9dd

Shades

#8a6aa3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a6aa3
  2. #7c5f93
  3. #6e5582
  4. #614a72
  5. #534062
  6. #453552
  7. #372a41
  8. #292031
  9. #1c1521
  10. #0e0b10
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a6aa3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a6aa3
  2. #9679ac
  3. #a188b5
  4. #ad97bf
  5. #b9a6c8
  6. #c5b5d1
  7. #d0c3da
  8. #dcd2e3
  9. #e8e1ed
  10. #f3f0f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a6aa3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a6aa3
  2. #896ca0
  3. #886e9c
  4. #877199
  5. #867395
  6. #857592
  7. #84778e
  8. #83798b
  9. #827c87
  10. #817e84
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f728b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5f75a5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6677a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #87727f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7371a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7672a2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #886f8f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a6aa3 {
  color: #8a6aa3;
}
Background
.bg-8a6aa3 {
  background-color: #8a6aa3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a6aa3 {
  border: 2px solid #8a6aa3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a6aa3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 106 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 24% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a6aa3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a6aa3, #a36aa0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a6aa3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 106 163 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 5.53 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.54 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.43 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 9.80 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.81 #8e4585 Deep Plum ΔE 12.19 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 12.40 #75955c Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8a6aa3  rgb(138, 106, 163)  hsl(274, 24%, 53%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#83a36a  rgb(131, 163, 106)  hsl(94, 24%, 53%)  Asparagus
#a38a6a  rgb(163, 138, 106)  hsl(34, 24%, 53%)  Cafe au Lait
#6aa38a  rgb(106, 163, 138)  hsl(154, 24%, 53%)  Jungle Green