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#AA99BE

#aa99be ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aa99be is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 60% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.53% cyan, 19.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 267.57°, with 22.16% saturation and 67.25% 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 5.1.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3505

Complementary

  1. #aa99be
  2. #adbe99

Split complementary

  1. #aa99be
  2. #bebc99
  3. #9abe99

Analogous

  1. #999abe
  2. #aa99be
  3. #bc99be

Triadic

  1. #aa99be
  2. #beaa99
  3. #99beaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa99be
  2. #be99ad
  3. #adbe99
  4. #99beaa

Square

  1. #aa99be
  2. #be999a
  3. #adbe99
  4. #99bebc

Monochromatic

  1. #5d4a74
  2. #836aa0
  3. #aa99be
  4. #d1c8dc
  5. #f5f3f7

Shades

#aa99be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa99be
  2. #998aab
  3. #887a98
  4. #776b85
  5. #665c72
  6. #554d5f
  7. #443d4c
  8. #332e39
  9. #221f26
  10. #110f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa99be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa99be
  2. #b3a3c5
  3. #bbadcb
  4. #c4b8d2
  5. #ccc2d8
  6. #d5ccdf
  7. #ddd6e5
  8. #e6e0ec
  9. #eeebf2
  10. #f7f5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa99be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa99be
  2. #a697b8
  3. #a294b2
  4. #9d92ab
  5. #998fa5
  6. #958d9f
  7. #918a99
  8. #8d8893
  9. #88858c
  10. #848386
  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 #a49dad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #939fc0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96a0bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a79ea5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9d9dbf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9e9dbd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a89cb0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa99be {
  color: #aa99be;
}
Background
.bg-aa99be {
  background-color: #aa99be;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa99be {
  border: 2px solid #aa99be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa99be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 153 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 22% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa99be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa99be, #bc99be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa99be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 153 190 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 5.10 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.81 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.03 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.13 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.16 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.91 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.35 #556641 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#aa99be  rgb(170, 153, 190)  hsl(268, 22%, 67%)  Pastel Purple
#adbe99  rgb(173, 190, 153)  hsl(88, 22%, 67%)  Dark Sea Green
#beaa99  rgb(190, 170, 153)  hsl(28, 22%, 67%)  Tan
#99beaa  rgb(153, 190, 170)  hsl(148, 22%, 67%)  Opal