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#AC79BF

#ac79bf ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ac79bf is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 47.45% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.95% cyan, 36.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 283.71°, with 35.35% saturation and 61.18% 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 6.24:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 4.95.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2621

Complementary

  1. #ac79bf
  2. #8cbf79

Split complementary

  1. #ac79bf
  2. #afbf79
  3. #79bf89

Analogous

  1. #8979bf
  2. #ac79bf
  3. #bf79af

Triadic

  1. #ac79bf
  2. #bfac79
  3. #79bfac

Tetradic

  1. #ac79bf
  2. #bf798c
  3. #8cbf79
  4. #79bfac

Square

  1. #ac79bf
  2. #bf8979
  3. #8cbf79
  4. #79afbf

Monochromatic

  1. #5c336c
  2. #894c9f
  3. #ac79bf
  4. #ccadd8
  5. #ece1f0

Shades

#ac79bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ac79bf
  2. #9b6dac
  3. #8a6199
  4. #785586
  5. #674973
  6. #563d60
  7. #45304c
  8. #342439
  9. #221826
  10. #110c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#ac79bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ac79bf
  2. #b486c5
  3. #bd94cc
  4. #c5a1d2
  5. #cdafd9
  6. #d6bcdf
  7. #dec9e5
  8. #e6d7ec
  9. #eee4f2
  10. #f7f2f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ac79bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ac79bf
  2. #a87ab9
  3. #a37ab2
  4. #9f7bac
  5. #9a7ca6
  6. #967da0
  7. #927d99
  8. #8d7e93
  9. #897f8d
  10. #847f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a85a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e89c2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b8ebd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ac8293 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8b83c1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9186be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ac7ea7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ac79bf {
  color: #ac79bf;
}
Background
.bg-ac79bf {
  background-color: #ac79bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ac79bf {
  border: 2px solid #ac79bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ac79bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 121 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 35% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ac79bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac79bf, #bf79af);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ac79bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 121 191 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 4.95 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.37 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.44 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.82 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 9.42 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.66 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.85 #538640 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#ac79bf  rgb(172, 121, 191)  hsl(284, 35%, 61%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#8cbf79  rgb(140, 191, 121)  hsl(104, 35%, 61%)  Pistachio
#bfac79  rgb(191, 172, 121)  hsl(44, 35%, 61%)  Ecru
#79bfac  rgb(121, 191, 172)  hsl(164, 35%, 61%)  Medium Aquamarine