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#A79DCA

#a79dca ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a79dca is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 61.57% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.33% cyan, 22.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 253.33°, with 29.8% saturation and 70.39% 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 8.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 8.09.

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Relative luminance0.3659

Complementary

  1. #a79dca
  2. #c0ca9d

Split complementary

  1. #a79dca
  2. #cabd9d
  3. #a9ca9d

Analogous

  1. #9da9ca
  2. #a79dca
  3. #bd9dca

Triadic

  1. #a79dca
  2. #caa79d
  3. #9dcaa7

Tetradic

  1. #a79dca
  2. #ca9dc0
  3. #c0ca9d
  4. #9dcaa7

Square

  1. #a79dca
  2. #ca9da9
  3. #c0ca9d
  4. #9dcabd

Monochromatic

  1. #564886
  2. #7a6baf
  3. #a79dca
  4. #d4cfe5
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#a79dca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a79dca
  2. #968db6
  3. #867ea2
  4. #756e8d
  5. #645e79
  6. #544f65
  7. #433f51
  8. #322f3d
  9. #211f28
  10. #111014
  11. #000000

Tints

#a79dca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a79dca
  2. #b0a7cf
  3. #b9b1d5
  4. #c1bada
  5. #cac4df
  6. #d3cee5
  7. #dcd8ea
  8. #e5e2ef
  9. #edebf4
  10. #f6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a79dca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a79dca
  2. #a39ac3
  3. #9f97bb
  4. #9b94b4
  5. #9791ac
  6. #948fa5
  7. #908c9e
  8. #8c8996
  9. #88868f
  10. #848387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a1b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93a3cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94a2c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0a4ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ca1cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ca0c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3a1b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a79dca {
  color: #a79dca;
}
Background
.bg-a79dca {
  background-color: #a79dca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a79dca {
  border: 2px solid #a79dca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a79dca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 157 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 30% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a79dca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a79dca, #bd9dca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a79dca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 157 202 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.09 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.12 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.19 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.11 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.33 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.71 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.65 #586235 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#a79dca  rgb(167, 157, 202)  hsl(253, 30%, 70%)  Pastel Purple
#c0ca9d  rgb(192, 202, 157)  hsl(73, 30%, 70%)  Sage
#caa79d  rgb(202, 167, 157)  hsl(13, 30%, 70%)  Silver Pink
#9dcaa7  rgb(157, 202, 167)  hsl(133, 30%, 70%)  Dark Sea Green