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#A693BA

#a693ba ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a693ba is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 57.65% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.75% cyan, 20.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 269.23°, with 22.03% saturation and 65.29% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 6.17.

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Relative luminance0.3252

Complementary

  1. #a693ba
  2. #a7ba93

Split complementary

  1. #a693ba
  2. #bab993
  3. #93ba93

Analogous

  1. #9393ba
  2. #a693ba
  3. #b993ba

Triadic

  1. #a693ba
  2. #baa693
  3. #93baa6

Tetradic

  1. #a693ba
  2. #ba93a7
  3. #a7ba93
  4. #93baa6

Square

  1. #a693ba
  2. #ba9393
  3. #a7ba93
  4. #93bab9

Monochromatic

  1. #59466e
  2. #80649c
  3. #a693ba
  4. #ccc2d8
  5. #f3f0f6

Shades

#a693ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a693ba
  2. #9584a7
  3. #857695
  4. #746782
  5. #645870
  6. #534a5d
  7. #423b4a
  8. #322c38
  9. #211d25
  10. #110f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#a693ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a693ba
  2. #af9ec1
  3. #b8a9c8
  4. #c1b3cf
  5. #cabed6
  6. #d3c9dd
  7. #dbd4e3
  8. #e4dfea
  9. #ede9f1
  10. #f6f4f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a693ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a693ba
  2. #a291b4
  3. #9e8fae
  4. #9b8da9
  5. #978ba3
  6. #938a9d
  7. #8f8897
  8. #8b8691
  9. #88848c
  10. #848286
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f98a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d9abc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #909bb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a398a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9797bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9998b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a496ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a693ba {
  color: #a693ba;
}
Background
.bg-a693ba {
  background-color: #a693ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a693ba {
  border: 2px solid #a693ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a693ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 147 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 22% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a693ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a693ba, #b993ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a693ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 147 186 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 6.17 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.39 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.79 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.57 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.62 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.23 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 11.30 #596c45 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#a693ba  rgb(166, 147, 186)  hsl(269, 22%, 65%)  Pastel Purple
#a7ba93  rgb(167, 186, 147)  hsl(89, 22%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#baa693  rgb(186, 166, 147)  hsl(29, 22%, 65%)  Tan
#93baa6  rgb(147, 186, 166)  hsl(149, 22%, 65%)  Opal