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#8A87BF

#8a87bf ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8a87bf is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 52.94% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.75% cyan, 29.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 243.21°, with 30.43% saturation and 63.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.3:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 7.37.

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Relative luminance0.2649

Complementary

  1. #8a87bf
  2. #bcbf87

Split complementary

  1. #8a87bf
  2. #bfa687
  3. #a0bf87

Analogous

  1. #87a0bf
  2. #8a87bf
  3. #a687bf

Triadic

  1. #8a87bf
  2. #bf8a87
  3. #87bf8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a87bf
  2. #bf87bc
  3. #bcbf87
  4. #87bf8a

Square

  1. #8a87bf
  2. #bf87a0
  3. #bcbf87
  4. #87bfa6

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3c71
  2. #5b57a3
  3. #8a87bf
  4. #bbb9da
  5. #ebebf4

Shades

#8a87bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a87bf
  2. #7c7aac
  3. #6e6c99
  4. #615f86
  5. #535173
  6. #454460
  7. #37364c
  8. #292939
  9. #1c1b26
  10. #0e0e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a87bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a87bf
  2. #9693c5
  3. #a19fcc
  4. #adabd2
  5. #b9b7d9
  6. #c5c3df
  7. #d0cfe5
  8. #dcdbec
  9. #e8e7f2
  10. #f3f3f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a87bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a87bf
  2. #8986b9
  3. #8886b2
  4. #8785ac
  5. #8684a6
  6. #8584a0
  7. #848399
  8. #838293
  9. #82818d
  10. #818186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8c8aa3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #788ec1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #778bbe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7e919b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f8bc0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f8abe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #838dab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a87bf {
  color: #8a87bf;
}
Background
.bg-8a87bf {
  background-color: #8a87bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a87bf {
  border: 2px solid #8a87bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a87bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 135 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 30% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a87bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a87bf, #a687bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a87bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 135 191 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.37 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.43 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.12 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.79 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.42 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.97 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.37 #757840 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#8a87bf  rgb(138, 135, 191)  hsl(243, 30%, 64%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bcbf87  rgb(188, 191, 135)  hsl(63, 30%, 64%)  Sage
#bf8a87  rgb(191, 138, 135)  hsl(3, 30%, 64%)  Rosy Brown
#87bf8a  rgb(135, 191, 138)  hsl(123, 30%, 64%)  Dark Sea Green