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#A89ECA

#a89eca ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a89eca is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 61.96% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.83% cyan, 21.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 253.64°, with 29.33% saturation and 70.59% 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 8.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 7.82.

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Relative luminance0.3704

Complementary

  1. #a89eca
  2. #c0ca9e

Split complementary

  1. #a89eca
  2. #cabe9e
  3. #aaca9e

Analogous

  1. #9eaaca
  2. #a89eca
  3. #be9eca

Triadic

  1. #a89eca
  2. #caa89e
  3. #9ecaa8

Tetradic

  1. #a89eca
  2. #ca9ec0
  3. #c0ca9e
  4. #9ecaa8

Square

  1. #a89eca
  2. #ca9eaa
  3. #c0ca9e
  4. #9ecabe

Monochromatic

  1. #574986
  2. #7c6daf
  3. #a89eca
  4. #d4cfe5
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#a89eca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a89eca
  2. #978eb6
  3. #867ea2
  4. #766f8d
  5. #655f79
  6. #544f65
  7. #433f51
  8. #322f3d
  9. #222028
  10. #111014
  11. #000000

Tints

#a89eca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a89eca
  2. #b1a8cf
  3. #b9b1d5
  4. #c2bbda
  5. #cbc5df
  6. #d4cfe5
  7. #dcd8ea
  8. #e5e2ef
  9. #eeecf4
  10. #f6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a89eca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a89eca
  2. #a49bc3
  3. #a098bb
  4. #9c95b4
  5. #9892ac
  6. #948fa5
  7. #908c9e
  8. #8c8996
  9. #88868f
  10. #848387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a2b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95a4cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96a3c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2a5ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9da2cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9da1c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4a2b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a89eca {
  color: #a89eca;
}
Background
.bg-a89eca {
  background-color: #a89eca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a89eca {
  border: 2px solid #a89eca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a89eca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 158 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 29% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a89eca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a89eca, #be9eca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a89eca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 158 202 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.82 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.04 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.15 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.92 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.40 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.50 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.96 #576135 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#a89eca  rgb(168, 158, 202)  hsl(254, 29%, 71%)  Pastel Purple
#c0ca9e  rgb(192, 202, 158)  hsl(74, 29%, 71%)  Sage
#caa89e  rgb(202, 168, 158)  hsl(14, 29%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#9ecaa8  rgb(158, 202, 168)  hsl(134, 29%, 71%)  Dark Sea Green