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#A290CA

#a290ca ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a290ca is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 56.47% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.8% cyan, 28.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 258.62°, with 35.37% saturation and 67.84% 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 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.61.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3189

Complementary

  1. #a290ca
  2. #b8ca90

Split complementary

  1. #a290ca
  2. #cabf90
  3. #9bca90

Analogous

  1. #909bca
  2. #a290ca
  3. #bf90ca

Triadic

  1. #a290ca
  2. #caa290
  3. #90caa2

Tetradic

  1. #a290ca
  2. #ca90b8
  3. #b8ca90
  4. #90caa2

Square

  1. #a290ca
  2. #ca909b
  3. #b8ca90
  4. #90cabf

Monochromatic

  1. #543e83
  2. #775cb1
  3. #a290ca
  4. #cdc4e3
  5. #f3f1f8

Shades

#a290ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a290ca
  2. #9282b6
  3. #8273a2
  4. #71658d
  5. #615679
  6. #514865
  7. #413a51
  8. #312b3d
  9. #201d28
  10. #100e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#a290ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a290ca
  2. #ab9bcf
  3. #b5a6d5
  4. #beb1da
  5. #c7bcdf
  6. #d1c8e5
  7. #dad3ea
  8. #e3deef
  9. #ece9f4
  10. #f6f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a290ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a290ca
  2. #9f8ec3
  3. #9b8dbb
  4. #988bb4
  5. #948aac
  6. #9188a5
  7. #8e869e
  8. #8a8596
  9. #87838f
  10. #838287
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d96af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8399cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8699c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9b99a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9196cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9295c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9e95b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a290ca {
  color: #a290ca;
}
Background
.bg-a290ca {
  background-color: #a290ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a290ca {
  border: 2px solid #a290ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a290ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 144 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 35% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a290ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a290ca, #bf90ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a290ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 144 202 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.61 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.44 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.48 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.35 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.72 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.04 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.04 #5d6f35 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#a290ca  rgb(162, 144, 202)  hsl(259, 35%, 68%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#b8ca90  rgb(184, 202, 144)  hsl(79, 35%, 68%)  Olivine
#caa290  rgb(202, 162, 144)  hsl(19, 35%, 68%)  Tumbleweed
#90caa2  rgb(144, 202, 162)  hsl(139, 35%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green