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#8A759D

#8a759d ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8a759d is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 45.88% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.1% cyan, 25.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.43% black. Its hue angle is 271.5°, with 16.95% saturation and 53.73% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.11:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 6.06.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.2056

Complementary

  1. #8a759d
  2. #889d75

Split complementary

  1. #8a759d
  2. #9c9d75
  3. #759d76

Analogous

  1. #76759d
  2. #8a759d
  3. #9d759c

Triadic

  1. #8a759d
  2. #9d8a75
  3. #759d8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a759d
  2. #9d7588
  3. #889d75
  4. #759d8a

Square

  1. #8a759d
  2. #9d7675
  3. #889d75
  4. #759c9d

Monochromatic

  1. #3d3247
  2. #645274
  3. #8a759d
  4. #b0a2bd
  5. #d6cedd

Shades

#8a759d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a759d
  2. #7c698d
  3. #6e5e7e
  4. #61526e
  5. #53465e
  6. #453b4f
  7. #372f3f
  8. #29232f
  9. #1c171f
  10. #0e0c10
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a759d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a759d
  2. #9683a7
  3. #a191b1
  4. #ad9eba
  5. #b9acc4
  6. #c5bace
  7. #d0c8d8
  8. #dcd6e2
  9. #e8e3eb
  10. #f3f1f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a759d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a759d
  2. #89769a
  3. #887797
  4. #877894
  5. #867991
  6. #857b8f
  7. #847c8c
  8. #837d89
  9. #827e86
  10. #817f83
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #827a8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e7c9f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #727d9c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #887a83 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a799e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d7a9c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #89788e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a759d {
  color: #8a759d;
}
Background
.bg-8a759d {
  background-color: #8a759d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a759d {
  border: 2px solid #8a759d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a759d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 117 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 17% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a759d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a759d, #9d759c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a759d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 117 157 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 6.06 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 8.31 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 10.21 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 12.37 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 13.24 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 13.53 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 13.68 #758a62 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8a759d  rgb(138, 117, 157)  hsl(272, 17%, 54%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#889d75  rgb(136, 157, 117)  hsl(92, 17%, 54%)  Asparagus
#9d8a75  rgb(157, 138, 117)  hsl(32, 17%, 54%)  Beaver
#759d8a  rgb(117, 157, 138)  hsl(152, 17%, 54%)  Xanadu