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#8A84AE

#8a84ae ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8a84ae is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 51.76% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.69% cyan, 24.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 248.57°, with 20.59% saturation and 60% 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 5.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.2496

Complementary

  1. #8a84ae
  2. #a8ae84

Split complementary

  1. #8a84ae
  2. #ae9f84
  3. #93ae84

Analogous

  1. #8493ae
  2. #8a84ae
  3. #9f84ae

Triadic

  1. #8a84ae
  2. #ae8a84
  3. #84ae8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a84ae
  2. #ae84a8
  3. #a8ae84
  4. #84ae8a

Square

  1. #8a84ae
  2. #ae8493
  3. #a8ae84
  4. #84ae9f

Monochromatic

  1. #413d5c
  2. #625b8a
  3. #8a84ae
  4. #b6b2cc
  5. #e2e0eb

Shades

#8a84ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a84ae
  2. #7c779d
  3. #6e6a8b
  4. #615c7a
  5. #534f68
  6. #454257
  7. #373546
  8. #292834
  9. #1c1a23
  10. #0e0d11
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a84ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a84ae
  2. #9690b6
  3. #a19dbe
  4. #ada9c6
  5. #b9b5ce
  6. #c5c2d7
  7. #d0cedf
  8. #dcdae7
  9. #e8e6ef
  10. #f3f3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a84ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a84ae
  2. #8984a9
  3. #8883a5
  4. #8783a0
  5. #86829c
  6. #858297
  7. #848292
  8. #83818e
  9. #828189
  10. #818085
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #898799 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a8ab0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a88ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #838b92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8187af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8186ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86889e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a84ae {
  color: #8a84ae;
}
Background
.bg-8a84ae {
  background-color: #8a84ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a84ae {
  border: 2px solid #8a84ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a84ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 132 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 249 21% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a84ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a84ae, #9f84ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a84ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 132 174 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.00 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.67 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 11.76 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 11.77 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.26 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.45 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.80 #757b51 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8a84ae  rgb(138, 132, 174)  hsl(249, 21%, 60%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a8ae84  rgb(168, 174, 132)  hsl(69, 21%, 60%)  Sage
#ae8a84  rgb(174, 138, 132)  hsl(9, 21%, 60%)  Rosy Brown
#84ae8a  rgb(132, 174, 138)  hsl(129, 21%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green