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#AA87BF

#aa87bf ≈ Purple Mountain Majesty

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aa87bf is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 52.94% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.99% cyan, 29.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 277.5°, with 30.43% saturation and 63.92% 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 6.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678b6), ΔE 5.88.

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Relative luminance0.2964

Complementary

  1. #aa87bf
  2. #9cbf87

Split complementary

  1. #aa87bf
  2. #b8bf87
  3. #87bf8e

Analogous

  1. #8e87bf
  2. #aa87bf
  3. #bf87b8

Triadic

  1. #aa87bf
  2. #bfaa87
  3. #87bfaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa87bf
  2. #bf879c
  3. #9cbf87
  4. #87bfaa

Square

  1. #aa87bf
  2. #bf8e87
  3. #9cbf87
  4. #87b8bf

Monochromatic

  1. #5d3c71
  2. #8657a3
  3. #aa87bf
  4. #cdb9da
  5. #f1ebf4

Shades

#aa87bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa87bf
  2. #997aac
  3. #886c99
  4. #775f86
  5. #665173
  6. #554460
  7. #44364c
  8. #332939
  9. #221b26
  10. #110e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa87bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa87bf
  2. #b393c5
  3. #bb9fcc
  4. #c4abd2
  5. #ccb7d9
  6. #d5c3df
  7. #ddcfe5
  8. #e6dbec
  9. #eee7f2
  10. #f7f3f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa87bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa87bf
  2. #a686b9
  3. #a286b2
  4. #9d85ac
  5. #9984a6
  6. #9584a0
  7. #918399
  8. #8d8293
  9. #88818d
  10. #848186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d8fa7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e92c1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8695bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a88e9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #928ec0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9690be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a98bab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa87bf {
  color: #aa87bf;
}
Background
.bg-aa87bf {
  background-color: #aa87bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa87bf {
  border: 2px solid #aa87bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa87bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 135 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 30% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa87bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa87bf, #bf87b8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa87bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 135 191 / 0.35);
}

#9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 5.88 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.22 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.17 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.59 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.84 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.84 #cf71af Sky Magenta ΔE 11.23 #557840 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Purple Mountain Majesty
#aa87bf  rgb(170, 135, 191)  hsl(278, 30%, 64%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#9cbf87  rgb(156, 191, 135)  hsl(98, 30%, 64%)  Olivine
#bfaa87  rgb(191, 170, 135)  hsl(38, 30%, 64%)  Tan
#87bfaa  rgb(135, 191, 170)  hsl(158, 30%, 64%)  Medium Aquamarine