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#AE8ABA

#ae8aba ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#ae8aba is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 54.12% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.45% cyan, 25.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 285°, with 25.81% saturation and 63.53% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.68.

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Relative luminance0.3072

Complementary

  1. #ae8aba
  2. #96ba8a

Split complementary

  1. #ae8aba
  2. #aeba8a
  3. #8aba96

Analogous

  1. #968aba
  2. #ae8aba
  3. #ba8aae

Triadic

  1. #ae8aba
  2. #baae8a
  3. #8abaae

Tetradic

  1. #ae8aba
  2. #ba8a96
  3. #96ba8a
  4. #8abaae

Square

  1. #ae8aba
  2. #ba968a
  3. #96ba8a
  4. #8aaeba

Monochromatic

  1. #613f6c
  2. #8c5c9c
  3. #ae8aba
  4. #cfbad6
  5. #f1eaf3

Shades

#ae8aba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae8aba
  2. #9d7ca7
  3. #8b6e95
  4. #7a6182
  5. #685370
  6. #57455d
  7. #46374a
  8. #342938
  9. #231c25
  10. #110e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae8aba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae8aba
  2. #b696c1
  3. #bea1c8
  4. #c6adcf
  5. #ceb9d6
  6. #d7c5dd
  7. #dfd0e3
  8. #e7dcea
  9. #efe8f1
  10. #f7f3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae8aba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae8aba
  2. #a989b4
  3. #a588ae
  4. #a087a9
  5. #9c86a3
  6. #97859d
  7. #928497
  8. #8e8391
  9. #89828c
  10. #858186
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a092a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8494bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c98b8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ae8f9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9790bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9b92b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ae8da8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae8aba {
  color: #ae8aba;
}
Background
.bg-ae8aba {
  background-color: #ae8aba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae8aba {
  border: 2px solid #ae8aba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae8aba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 138 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 26% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae8aba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae8aba, #ba8aae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae8aba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 138 186 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.68 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.74 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.78 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.00 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.14 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.97 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.33 #517545 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#ae8aba  rgb(174, 138, 186)  hsl(285, 26%, 64%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#96ba8a  rgb(150, 186, 138)  hsl(105, 26%, 64%)  Dark Sea Green
#baae8a  rgb(186, 174, 138)  hsl(45, 26%, 64%)  Ecru
#8abaae  rgb(138, 186, 174)  hsl(165, 26%, 64%)  Opal