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#9E95BB

#9e95bb ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9e95bb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 58.43% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.51% cyan, 20.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 254.21°, with 21.84% saturation and 65.88% 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 7.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 7.38.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3235

Complementary

  1. #9e95bb
  2. #b2bb95

Split complementary

  1. #9e95bb
  2. #bbb195
  3. #9fbb95

Analogous

  1. #959fbb
  2. #9e95bb
  3. #b195bb

Triadic

  1. #9e95bb
  2. #bb9e95
  3. #95bb9e

Tetradic

  1. #9e95bb
  2. #bb95b2
  3. #b2bb95
  4. #95bb9e

Square

  1. #9e95bb
  2. #bb959f
  3. #b2bb95
  4. #95bbb1

Monochromatic

  1. #51486f
  2. #73669d
  3. #9e95bb
  4. #c9c4d9
  5. #f3f2f7

Shades

#9e95bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9e95bb
  2. #8e86a8
  3. #7e7796
  4. #6f6883
  5. #5f5970
  6. #4f4b5e
  7. #3f3c4b
  8. #2f2d38
  9. #201e25
  10. #100f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#9e95bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9e95bb
  2. #a8a0c2
  3. #b1aac9
  4. #bbb5cf
  5. #c5bfd6
  6. #cfcadd
  7. #d8d5e4
  8. #e2dfeb
  9. #eceaf1
  10. #f5f4f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9e95bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9e95bb
  2. #9b93b5
  3. #9891af
  4. #958fa9
  5. #928da3
  6. #8f8b9e
  7. #8c8898
  8. #898692
  9. #86848c
  10. #838286
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c98a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d9abd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e9aba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #999ba2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9498bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9598ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9b98ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9e95bb {
  color: #9e95bb;
}
Background
.bg-9e95bb {
  background-color: #9e95bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9e95bb {
  border: 2px solid #9e95bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9e95bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 149 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 22% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9e95bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9e95bb, #b195bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9e95bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 149 187 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.38 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.42 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.00 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.48 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.18 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.32 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.33 #616a44 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#9e95bb  rgb(158, 149, 187)  hsl(254, 22%, 66%)  Pastel Purple
#b2bb95  rgb(178, 187, 149)  hsl(74, 22%, 66%)  Sage
#bb9e95  rgb(187, 158, 149)  hsl(14, 22%, 66%)  Silver Pink
#95bb9e  rgb(149, 187, 158)  hsl(134, 22%, 66%)  Dark Sea Green