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#8A79BA

#8a79ba ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a79ba is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 47.45% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.81% cyan, 34.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 255.69°, with 32.02% saturation and 60.2% 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 5.52:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 3.68.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2262

Complementary

  1. #8a79ba
  2. #a9ba79

Split complementary

  1. #8a79ba
  2. #baab79
  3. #89ba79

Analogous

  1. #7989ba
  2. #8a79ba
  3. #ab79ba

Triadic

  1. #8a79ba
  2. #ba8a79
  3. #79ba8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a79ba
  2. #ba79a9
  3. #a9ba79
  4. #79ba8a

Square

  1. #8a79ba
  2. #ba7989
  3. #a9ba79
  4. #79baab

Monochromatic

  1. #413466
  2. #624e98
  3. #8a79ba
  4. #b6acd4
  5. #e2deee

Shades

#8a79ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a79ba
  2. #7c6da7
  3. #6e6195
  4. #615582
  5. #534970
  6. #453d5d
  7. #37304a
  8. #292438
  9. #1c1825
  10. #0e0c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a79ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a79ba
  2. #9686c1
  3. #a194c8
  4. #ada1cf
  5. #b9afd6
  6. #c5bcdd
  7. #d0c9e3
  8. #dcd7ea
  9. #e8e4f1
  10. #f3f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a79ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a79ba
  2. #897ab4
  3. #887aae
  4. #877ba9
  5. #867ca3
  6. #857d9d
  7. #847d97
  8. #837e91
  9. #827f8c
  10. #817f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #867f9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6883bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b82b8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #808491 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #777fbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #787eb9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8480a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a79ba {
  color: #8a79ba;
}
Background
.bg-8a79ba {
  background-color: #8a79ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a79ba {
  border: 2px solid #8a79ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a79ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 121 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 32% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a79ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a79ba, #ab79ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a79ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 121 186 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 3.68 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.21 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.08 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.78 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 11.38 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.94 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.91 #758645 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8a79ba  rgb(138, 121, 186)  hsl(256, 32%, 60%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a9ba79  rgb(169, 186, 121)  hsl(76, 32%, 60%)  Olivine
#ba8a79  rgb(186, 138, 121)  hsl(16, 32%, 60%)  Beaver
#79ba8a  rgb(121, 186, 138)  hsl(136, 32%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green