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#AA8BB9

#aa8bb9 ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aa8bb9 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 72.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.11% cyan, 24.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 280.43°, with 24.73% saturation and 63.53% 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.5.

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Relative luminance0.3051

Complementary

  1. #aa8bb9
  2. #9ab98b

Split complementary

  1. #aa8bb9
  2. #b1b98b
  3. #8bb993

Analogous

  1. #938bb9
  2. #aa8bb9
  3. #b98bb1

Triadic

  1. #aa8bb9
  2. #b9aa8b
  3. #8bb9aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa8bb9
  2. #b98b9a
  3. #9ab98b
  4. #8bb9aa

Square

  1. #aa8bb9
  2. #b9938b
  3. #9ab98b
  4. #8bb1b9

Monochromatic

  1. #5d406b
  2. #865d9a
  3. #aa8bb9
  4. #cdbbd6
  5. #f0eaf3

Shades

#aa8bb9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa8bb9
  2. #997da7
  3. #886f94
  4. #776182
  5. #66536f
  6. #55465d
  7. #44384a
  8. #332a38
  9. #221c25
  10. #110e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa8bb9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa8bb9
  2. #b397c0
  3. #bba2c7
  4. #c4aece
  5. #ccb9d5
  6. #d5c5dc
  7. #ddd1e3
  8. #e6dcea
  9. #eee8f1
  10. #f7f3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa8bb9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa8bb9
  2. #a68ab3
  3. #a289ae
  4. #9d88a8
  5. #9987a2
  6. #95869d
  7. #918497
  8. #8d8391
  9. #88828b
  10. #848186
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e92a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8594bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8b97b7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9909b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9591ba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9992b8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa8ea8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa8bb9 {
  color: #aa8bb9;
}
Background
.bg-aa8bb9 {
  background-color: #aa8bb9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa8bb9 {
  border: 2px solid #aa8bb9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa8bb9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 139 185;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 25% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa8bb9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa8bb9, #b98bb1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa8bb9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 139 185 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.50 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.00 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.09 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.48 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.61 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.70 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.67 #557446 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#aa8bb9  rgb(170, 139, 185)  hsl(280, 25%, 64%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#9ab98b  rgb(154, 185, 139)  hsl(100, 25%, 64%)  Dark Sea Green
#b9aa8b  rgb(185, 170, 139)  hsl(40, 25%, 64%)  Ecru
#8bb9aa  rgb(139, 185, 170)  hsl(160, 25%, 64%)  Opal