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#AA87BA

#aa87ba ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aa87ba is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 52.94% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.6% cyan, 27.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 281.18°, with 26.98% saturation and 62.94% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 6.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 6.35.

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Relative luminance0.2942

Complementary

  1. #aa87ba
  2. #97ba87

Split complementary

  1. #aa87ba
  2. #b0ba87
  3. #87ba91

Analogous

  1. #9187ba
  2. #aa87ba
  3. #ba87b0

Triadic

  1. #aa87ba
  2. #baaa87
  3. #87baaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa87ba
  2. #ba8797
  3. #97ba87
  4. #87baaa

Square

  1. #aa87ba
  2. #ba9187
  3. #97ba87
  4. #87b0ba

Monochromatic

  1. #5c3d6b
  2. #87599b
  3. #aa87ba
  4. #ccb8d6
  5. #efe8f2

Shades

#aa87ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa87ba
  2. #997aa7
  3. #886c95
  4. #775f82
  5. #665170
  6. #55445d
  7. #44364a
  8. #332938
  9. #221b25
  10. #110e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa87ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa87ba
  2. #b393c1
  3. #bb9fc8
  4. #c4abcf
  5. #ccb7d6
  6. #d5c3dd
  7. #ddcfe3
  8. #e6dbea
  9. #eee7f1
  10. #f7f3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa87ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa87ba
  2. #a686b4
  3. #a286ae
  4. #9d85a9
  5. #9984a3
  6. #95849d
  7. #918397
  8. #8d8291
  9. #88818c
  10. #848186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d8fa4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8091bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8795b8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a98d99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #938dbb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #978fb9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa8ba7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa87ba {
  color: #aa87ba;
}
Background
.bg-aa87ba {
  background-color: #aa87ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa87ba {
  border: 2px solid #aa87ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa87ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 135 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 27% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa87ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa87ba, #ba87b0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa87ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 135 186 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.35 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.36 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.46 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.06 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.02 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 10.82 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.88 #557845 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#aa87ba  rgb(170, 135, 186)  hsl(281, 27%, 63%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#97ba87  rgb(151, 186, 135)  hsl(101, 27%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green
#baaa87  rgb(186, 170, 135)  hsl(41, 27%, 63%)  Ecru
#87baaa  rgb(135, 186, 170)  hsl(161, 27%, 63%)  Opal