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#A46D9E

#a46d9e ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#a46d9e is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 42.75% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 33.54% magenta, 3.66% yellow and 35.69% black. Its hue angle is 306.55°, with 23.21% saturation and 53.53% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.26:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 8.15.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.213

Complementary

  1. #a46d9e
  2. #6da473

Split complementary

  1. #a46d9e
  2. #82a46d
  3. #6da48f

Analogous

  1. #8f6da4
  2. #a46d9e
  3. #a46d82

Triadic

  1. #a46d9e
  2. #9ea46d
  3. #6d9ea4

Tetradic

  1. #a46d9e
  2. #a4736d
  3. #6da473
  4. #6d9ea4

Square

  1. #a46d9e
  2. #a48f6d
  3. #6da473
  4. #6d82a4

Monochromatic

  1. #4a2e47
  2. #794b74
  3. #a46d9e
  4. #c19cbd
  5. #dfcbdd

Shades

#a46d9e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a46d9e
  2. #94628e
  3. #83577e
  4. #734c6f
  5. #62415f
  6. #52374f
  7. #422c3f
  8. #31212f
  9. #211620
  10. #100b10
  11. #000000

Tints

#a46d9e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a46d9e
  2. #ad7ca8
  3. #b68ab1
  4. #bf99bb
  5. #c8a7c5
  6. #d2b6cf
  7. #dbc5d8
  8. #e4d3e2
  9. #ede2ec
  10. #f6f0f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a46d9e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a46d9e
  2. #a06f9b
  3. #9d7198
  4. #997395
  5. #967592
  6. #92778f
  7. #8e788c
  8. #8b7a89
  9. #877c86
  10. #847e83
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f788d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6b7ba0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #79829c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8717f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #86759f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8c7a9d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a76f8c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a46d9e {
  color: #a46d9e;
}
Background
.bg-a46d9e {
  background-color: #a46d9e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a46d9e {
  border: 2px solid #a46d9e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a46d9e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 109 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 307 23% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a46d9e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a46d9e, #a46d82);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a46d9e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 109 158 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.15 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 8.72 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.27 #c54b8c Mulberry ΔE 10.70 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 11.56 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.92 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 11.97 #5b9261 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#a46d9e  rgb(164, 109, 158)  hsl(307, 23%, 54%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#6da473  rgb(109, 164, 115)  hsl(127, 23%, 54%)  Asparagus
#9ea46d  rgb(158, 164, 109)  hsl(67, 23%, 54%)  Moss Green
#6d9ea4  rgb(109, 158, 164)  hsl(187, 23%, 54%)  Cadet Blue