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#8A81B8

#8a81b8 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8a81b8 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 50.59% green and 72.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25% cyan, 29.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 249.82°, with 27.92% saturation and 61.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 5.26.

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Relative luminance0.2456

Complementary

  1. #8a81b8
  2. #afb881

Split complementary

  1. #8a81b8
  2. #b8a581
  3. #93b881

Analogous

  1. #8193b8
  2. #8a81b8
  3. #a581b8

Triadic

  1. #8a81b8
  2. #b88a81
  3. #81b88a

Tetradic

  1. #8a81b8
  2. #b881af
  3. #afb881
  4. #81b88a

Square

  1. #8a81b8
  2. #b88193
  3. #afb881
  4. #81b8a5

Monochromatic

  1. #413a66
  2. #605597
  3. #8a81b8
  4. #b7b2d4
  5. #e5e3ef

Shades

#8a81b8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a81b8
  2. #7c74a6
  3. #6e6793
  4. #615a81
  5. #534d6e
  6. #45415c
  7. #37344a
  8. #292737
  9. #1c1a25
  10. #0e0d12
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a81b8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a81b8
  2. #968ebf
  3. #a19ac6
  4. #ada7cd
  5. #b9b3d4
  6. #c5c0dc
  7. #d0cde3
  8. #dcd9ea
  9. #e8e6f1
  10. #f3f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a81b8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a81b8
  2. #8981b2
  3. #8881ad
  4. #8781a7
  5. #8681a2
  6. #85819c
  7. #848096
  8. #838091
  9. #82808b
  10. #818086
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89859d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7389ba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7387b7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #808a95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d86b9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d85b7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8487a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a81b8 {
  color: #8a81b8;
}
Background
.bg-8a81b8 {
  background-color: #8a81b8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a81b8 {
  border: 2px solid #8a81b8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a81b8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 129 184;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 28% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a81b8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a81b8, #a581b8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a81b8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 129 184 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 5.26 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.55 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.56 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.88 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.98 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.02 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 13.09 #757e47 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8a81b8  rgb(138, 129, 184)  hsl(250, 28%, 61%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#afb881  rgb(175, 184, 129)  hsl(70, 28%, 61%)  Sage
#b88a81  rgb(184, 138, 129)  hsl(10, 28%, 61%)  Rosy Brown
#81b88a  rgb(129, 184, 138)  hsl(130, 28%, 61%)  Dark Sea Green