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Proper Purple

#5A476B

Contrast at a glance

White text

8.24:1AAA

Black text

2.40:1Fails

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About Proper Purple

Proper Purple (#5A476B) is a dark muted purple. Its RGB value is 90, 71, 107 and its HSL value is 272°, 20%, 35%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.24:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Proper Purple, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Shades

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Complementary

#5A476B · #586B47

Analogous

#48476B · #5A476B · #6B476A

Triadic

#5A476B · #6B5A47 · #476B5A

Split complementary

#5A476B · #6A6B47 · #476B48

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