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#A89BB4

#a89bb4 ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a89bb4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 60.78% green and 70.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.67% cyan, 13.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 271.2°, with 14.29% saturation and 65.69% 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 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 3.21.

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Relative luminance0.3506

Complementary

  1. #a89bb4
  2. #a7b49b

Split complementary

  1. #a89bb4
  2. #b4b49b
  3. #9bb49c

Analogous

  1. #9c9bb4
  2. #a89bb4
  3. #b49bb4

Triadic

  1. #a89bb4
  2. #b4a89b
  3. #9bb4a8

Tetradic

  1. #a89bb4
  2. #b49ba7
  3. #a7b49b
  4. #9bb4a8

Square

  1. #a89bb4
  2. #b49c9b
  3. #a7b49b
  4. #9bb4b4

Monochromatic

  1. #5c4e68
  2. #826f93
  3. #a89bb4
  4. #cec7d5
  5. #f4f2f6

Shades

#a89bb4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a89bb4
  2. #978ca2
  3. #867c90
  4. #766d7e
  5. #655d6c
  6. #544e5a
  7. #433e48
  8. #322f36
  9. #221f24
  10. #111012
  11. #000000

Tints

#a89bb4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a89bb4
  2. #b1a5bc
  3. #b9afc3
  4. #c2b9cb
  5. #cbc3d2
  6. #d4cdda
  7. #dcd7e1
  8. #e5e1e9
  9. #eeebf0
  10. #f6f5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a89bb4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a89bb4
  2. #a498af
  3. #a096aa
  4. #9c93a4
  5. #98909f
  6. #948e9a
  7. #908b95
  8. #8c8890
  9. #88858a
  10. #848385
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39ea8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #979fb5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9aa0b3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a79ea3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9e9eb5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a09eb3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a79daa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a89bb4 {
  color: #a89bb4;
}
Background
.bg-a89bb4 {
  background-color: #a89bb4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a89bb4 {
  border: 2px solid #a89bb4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a89bb4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 155 180;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 14% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a89bb4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a89bb4, #b49bb4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a89bb4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 155 180 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 3.21 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 3.57 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.68 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.90 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.65 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.27 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.32 #57644b Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#a89bb4  rgb(168, 155, 180)  hsl(271, 14%, 66%)  Pastel Purple
#a7b49b  rgb(167, 180, 155)  hsl(91, 14%, 66%)  Ash Gray
#b4a89b  rgb(180, 168, 155)  hsl(31, 14%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#9bb4a8  rgb(155, 180, 168)  hsl(151, 14%, 66%)  Opal