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#A78BB7

#a78bb7 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a78bb7 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 54.51% green and 71.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.74% cyan, 24.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 28.24% black. Its hue angle is 278.18°, with 23.4% saturation and 63.14% 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 7.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.44.

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Relative luminance0.301

Complementary

  1. #a78bb7
  2. #9bb78b

Split complementary

  1. #a78bb7
  2. #b1b78b
  3. #8bb791

Analogous

  1. #918bb7
  2. #a78bb7
  3. #b78bb1

Triadic

  1. #a78bb7
  2. #b7a78b
  3. #8bb7a7

Tetradic

  1. #a78bb7
  2. #b78b9b
  3. #9bb78b
  4. #8bb7a7

Square

  1. #a78bb7
  2. #b7918b
  3. #9bb78b
  4. #8bb1b7

Monochromatic

  1. #5a4168
  2. #835e97
  3. #a78bb7
  4. #cbbad4
  5. #efe9f2

Shades

#a78bb7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a78bb7
  2. #967da5
  3. #866f92
  4. #756180
  5. #64536e
  6. #54465c
  7. #433849
  8. #322a37
  9. #211c25
  10. #110e12
  11. #000000

Tints

#a78bb7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a78bb7
  2. #b097be
  3. #b9a2c5
  4. #c1aecd
  5. #cab9d4
  6. #d3c5db
  7. #dcd1e2
  8. #e5dce9
  9. #ede8f1
  10. #f6f3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a78bb7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a78bb7
  2. #a38ab2
  3. #9f89ac
  4. #9b88a7
  5. #9787a1
  6. #94869c
  7. #908496
  8. #8c8391
  9. #88828b
  10. #848186
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d91a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8594b9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8b96b6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6909a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9490b8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9792b6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a68ea7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a78bb7 {
  color: #a78bb7;
}
Background
.bg-a78bb7 {
  background-color: #a78bb7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a78bb7 {
  border: 2px solid #a78bb7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a78bb7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 139 183;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 23% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a78bb7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a78bb7, #b78bb1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a78bb7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 139 183 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.44 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.18 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.33 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.64 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.22 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.12 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.26 #587448 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#a78bb7  rgb(167, 139, 183)  hsl(278, 23%, 63%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#9bb78b  rgb(155, 183, 139)  hsl(98, 23%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green
#b7a78b  rgb(183, 167, 139)  hsl(38, 23%, 63%)  Tan
#8bb7a7  rgb(139, 183, 167)  hsl(158, 23%, 63%)  Opal