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#AA8BB8

#aa8bb8 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aa8bb8 is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 54.51% green and 72.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.61% cyan, 24.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 281.33°, with 24.06% saturation and 63.33% 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 7.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.64.

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Relative luminance0.3047

Complementary

  1. #aa8bb8
  2. #99b88b

Split complementary

  1. #aa8bb8
  2. #afb88b
  3. #8bb893

Analogous

  1. #938bb8
  2. #aa8bb8
  3. #b88baf

Triadic

  1. #aa8bb8
  2. #b8aa8b
  3. #8bb8aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa8bb8
  2. #b88b99
  3. #99b88b
  4. #8bb8aa

Square

  1. #aa8bb8
  2. #b8938b
  3. #99b88b
  4. #8bafb8

Monochromatic

  1. #5d4169
  2. #865e99
  3. #aa8bb8
  4. #cdbad5
  5. #f0eaf2

Shades

#aa8bb8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa8bb8
  2. #997da6
  3. #886f93
  4. #776181
  5. #66536e
  6. #55465c
  7. #44384a
  8. #332a37
  9. #221c25
  10. #110e12
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa8bb8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa8bb8
  2. #b397bf
  3. #bba2c6
  4. #c4aecd
  5. #ccb9d4
  6. #d5c5dc
  7. #ddd1e3
  8. #e6dcea
  9. #eee8f1
  10. #f7f3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa8bb8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa8bb8
  2. #a68ab2
  3. #a289ad
  4. #9d88a7
  5. #9987a2
  6. #95869c
  7. #918496
  8. #8d8391
  9. #88828b
  10. #848186
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e92a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8594ba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c97b7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9909b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9591b9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9992b7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa8ea7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa8bb8 {
  color: #aa8bb8;
}
Background
.bg-aa8bb8 {
  background-color: #aa8bb8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa8bb8 {
  border: 2px solid #aa8bb8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa8bb8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 139 184;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 24% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa8bb8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa8bb8, #b88baf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa8bb8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 139 184 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.64 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.93 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.21 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.30 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.49 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.85 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.44 #557447 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#aa8bb8  rgb(170, 139, 184)  hsl(281, 24%, 63%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#99b88b  rgb(153, 184, 139)  hsl(101, 24%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green
#b8aa8b  rgb(184, 170, 139)  hsl(41, 24%, 63%)  Ecru
#8bb8aa  rgb(139, 184, 170)  hsl(161, 24%, 63%)  Opal