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#AB8ABA

#ab8aba ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ab8aba is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 54.12% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.06% cyan, 25.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 281.25°, with 25.81% 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 7.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.23.

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Relative luminance0.3038

Complementary

  1. #ab8aba
  2. #99ba8a

Split complementary

  1. #ab8aba
  2. #b1ba8a
  3. #8aba93

Analogous

  1. #938aba
  2. #ab8aba
  3. #ba8ab1

Triadic

  1. #ab8aba
  2. #baab8a
  3. #8abaab

Tetradic

  1. #ab8aba
  2. #ba8a99
  3. #99ba8a
  4. #8abaab

Square

  1. #ab8aba
  2. #ba938a
  3. #99ba8a
  4. #8ab1ba

Monochromatic

  1. #5e3f6c
  2. #885c9c
  3. #ab8aba
  4. #cebad6
  5. #f0eaf3

Shades

#ab8aba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab8aba
  2. #9a7ca7
  3. #896e95
  4. #786182
  5. #675370
  6. #56455d
  7. #44374a
  8. #332938
  9. #221c25
  10. #110e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab8aba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab8aba
  2. #b396c1
  3. #bca1c8
  4. #c4adcf
  5. #cdb9d6
  6. #d5c5dd
  7. #ddd0e3
  8. #e6dcea
  9. #eee8f1
  10. #f7f3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab8aba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab8aba
  2. #a789b4
  3. #a288ae
  4. #9e87a9
  5. #9a86a3
  6. #96859d
  7. #918497
  8. #8d8391
  9. #89828c
  10. #848186
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f91a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8494bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8b97b8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa909b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9590bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9992b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab8da8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab8aba {
  color: #ab8aba;
}
Background
.bg-ab8aba {
  background-color: #ab8aba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab8aba {
  border: 2px solid #ab8aba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab8aba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 138 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 26% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab8aba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab8aba, #ba8ab1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab8aba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 138 186 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.23 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.98 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.17 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.00 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.10 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.24 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.49 #547545 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#ab8aba  rgb(171, 138, 186)  hsl(281, 26%, 64%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#99ba8a  rgb(153, 186, 138)  hsl(101, 26%, 64%)  Dark Sea Green
#baab8a  rgb(186, 171, 138)  hsl(41, 26%, 64%)  Ecru
#8abaab  rgb(138, 186, 171)  hsl(161, 26%, 64%)  Opal