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#8D81BB

#8d81bb ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8d81bb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.29% red, 50.59% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.6% cyan, 31.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 252.41°, with 29.9% saturation and 61.96% 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 5.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 4.66.

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Relative luminance0.2495

Complementary

  1. #8d81bb
  2. #afbb81

Split complementary

  1. #8d81bb
  2. #bbaa81
  3. #92bb81

Analogous

  1. #8192bb
  2. #8d81bb
  3. #aa81bb

Triadic

  1. #8d81bb
  2. #bb8d81
  3. #81bb8d

Tetradic

  1. #8d81bb
  2. #bb81af
  3. #afbb81
  4. #81bb8d

Square

  1. #8d81bb
  2. #bb8192
  3. #afbb81
  4. #81bbaa

Monochromatic

  1. #43396a
  2. #63549c
  3. #8d81bb
  4. #bab3d6
  5. #e7e4f1

Shades

#8d81bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8d81bb
  2. #7f74a8
  3. #716796
  4. #635a83
  5. #554d70
  6. #47415e
  7. #38344b
  8. #2a2738
  9. #1c1a25
  10. #0e0d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8d81bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8d81bb
  2. #988ec2
  3. #a49ac9
  4. #afa7cf
  5. #bbb3d6
  6. #c6c0dd
  7. #d1cde4
  8. #ddd9eb
  9. #e8e6f1
  10. #f4f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8d81bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8d81bb
  2. #8c81b5
  3. #8a81af
  4. #8981a9
  5. #8881a3
  6. #87819e
  7. #858098
  8. #848092
  9. #83808c
  10. #818086
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b869f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #728abd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7488b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #838b96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e86bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f85ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8787a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8d81bb {
  color: #8d81bb;
}
Background
.bg-8d81bb {
  background-color: #8d81bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8d81bb {
  border: 2px solid #8d81bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8d81bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 141 129 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 30% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8d81bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8d81bb, #aa81bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8d81bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(141 129 187 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 4.66 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.98 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.98 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.01 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.39 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.61 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 13.13 #727e44 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8d81bb  rgb(141, 129, 187)  hsl(252, 30%, 62%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#afbb81  rgb(175, 187, 129)  hsl(72, 30%, 62%)  Olivine
#bb8d81  rgb(187, 141, 129)  hsl(12, 30%, 62%)  Rosy Brown
#81bb8d  rgb(129, 187, 141)  hsl(132, 30%, 62%)  Dark Sea Green