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#AA73AC

#aa73ac ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#aa73ac is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 45.1% green and 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.16% cyan, 33.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 297.89°, with 25.56% saturation and 56.27% 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 5.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 6.44.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.2379

Complementary

  1. #aa73ac
  2. #75ac73

Split complementary

  1. #aa73ac
  2. #91ac73
  3. #73ac8d

Analogous

  1. #8d73ac
  2. #aa73ac
  3. #ac7391

Triadic

  1. #aa73ac
  2. #acaa73
  3. #73acaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa73ac
  2. #ac7375
  3. #75ac73
  4. #73acaa

Square

  1. #aa73ac
  2. #ac8d73
  3. #75ac73
  4. #7391ac

Monochromatic

  1. #533254
  2. #824e84
  3. #aa73ac
  4. #c7a3c8
  5. #e4d3e5

Shades

#aa73ac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa73ac
  2. #99689b
  3. #885c8a
  4. #775178
  5. #664567
  6. #553a56
  7. #442e45
  8. #332334
  9. #221722
  10. #110c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa73ac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa73ac
  2. #b381b4
  3. #bb8fbd
  4. #c49dc5
  5. #ccabcd
  6. #d5b9d6
  7. #ddc7de
  8. #e6d5e6
  9. #eee3ee
  10. #f7f1f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa73ac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa73ac
  2. #a674a8
  3. #a276a3
  4. #9d779f
  5. #99789a
  6. #957a96
  7. #917b92
  8. #8d7c8d
  9. #887d89
  10. #847f84
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #967f97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e82ae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c88aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ad7888 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8a7cad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9180ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ac7698 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa73ac {
  color: #aa73ac;
}
Background
.bg-aa73ac {
  background-color: #aa73ac;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa73ac {
  border: 2px solid #aa73ac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa73ac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 115 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 298 26% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa73ac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa73ac, #ac7391);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa73ac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 115 172 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.44 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 7.70 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.43 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.29 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.44 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.71 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 11.02 #558c53 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#aa73ac  rgb(170, 115, 172)  hsl(298, 26%, 56%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#75ac73  rgb(117, 172, 115)  hsl(118, 26%, 56%)  Asparagus
#acaa73  rgb(172, 170, 115)  hsl(58, 26%, 56%)  Sage
#73acaa  rgb(115, 172, 170)  hsl(178, 26%, 56%)  Cadet Blue