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#A472BF

#a472bf ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a472bf is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 44.71% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.14% cyan, 40.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 278.96°, with 37.56% saturation and 59.8% 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 5.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 4.2.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2369

Complementary

  1. #a472bf
  2. #8dbf72

Split complementary

  1. #a472bf
  2. #b3bf72
  3. #72bf7d

Analogous

  1. #7d72bf
  2. #a472bf
  3. #bf72b3

Triadic

  1. #a472bf
  2. #bfa472
  3. #72bfa4

Tetradic

  1. #a472bf
  2. #bf728d
  3. #8dbf72
  4. #72bfa4

Square

  1. #a472bf
  2. #bf7d72
  3. #8dbf72
  4. #72b3bf

Monochromatic

  1. #552f69
  2. #7f479d
  3. #a472bf
  4. #c6a7d7
  5. #e8dbef

Shades

#a472bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a472bf
  2. #9467ac
  3. #835b99
  4. #735086
  5. #624473
  6. #523960
  7. #422e4c
  8. #312239
  9. #211726
  10. #100b13
  11. #000000

Tints

#a472bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a472bf
  2. #ad80c5
  3. #b68ecc
  4. #bf9cd2
  5. #c8aad9
  6. #d2b9df
  7. #dbc7e5
  8. #e4d5ec
  9. #ede3f2
  10. #f6f1f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a472bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a472bf
  2. #a073b9
  3. #9d75b2
  4. #9976ac
  5. #9678a6
  6. #9279a0
  7. #8e7a99
  8. #8b7c93
  9. #877d8d
  10. #847f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #937ea0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6483c2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7087bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a27d8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #827cc1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #887fbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a379a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a472bf {
  color: #a472bf;
}
Background
.bg-a472bf {
  background-color: #a472bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a472bf {
  border: 2px solid #a472bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a472bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 114 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 38% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a472bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a472bf, #bf72b3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a472bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 114 191 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 4.20 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 5.74 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.92 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.59 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.29 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.11 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.63 #5b8d40 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#a472bf  rgb(164, 114, 191)  hsl(279, 38%, 60%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#8dbf72  rgb(141, 191, 114)  hsl(99, 38%, 60%)  Pistachio
#bfa472  rgb(191, 164, 114)  hsl(39, 38%, 60%)  Camel
#72bfa4  rgb(114, 191, 164)  hsl(159, 38%, 60%)  Medium Aquamarine