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#AAA4BA

#aaa4ba ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa4ba is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.31% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.6% cyan, 11.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 256.36°, with 13.75% saturation and 68.63% 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 8.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 5.61.

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Relative luminance0.3864

Complementary

  1. #aaa4ba
  2. #b4baa4

Split complementary

  1. #aaa4ba
  2. #bab5a4
  3. #a9baa4

Analogous

  1. #a4a9ba
  2. #aaa4ba
  3. #b5a4ba

Triadic

  1. #aaa4ba
  2. #baaaa4
  3. #a4baaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa4ba
  2. #baa4b4
  3. #b4baa4
  4. #a4baaa

Square

  1. #aaa4ba
  2. #baa4a9
  3. #b4baa4
  4. #a4bab5

Monochromatic

  1. #5c5570
  2. #817899
  3. #aaa4ba
  4. #d3d0db
  5. #f4f3f6

Shades

#aaa4ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa4ba
  2. #9994a7
  3. #888395
  4. #777382
  5. #666270
  6. #55525d
  7. #44424a
  8. #333138
  9. #222125
  10. #111013
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa4ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa4ba
  2. #b3adc1
  3. #bbb6c8
  4. #c4bfcf
  5. #ccc8d6
  6. #d5d2dd
  7. #dddbe3
  8. #e6e4ea
  9. #eeedf1
  10. #f7f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa4ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa4ba
  2. #a6a0b4
  3. #a29dae
  4. #9d99a9
  5. #9996a3
  6. #95929d
  7. #918e97
  8. #8d8b91
  9. #88878c
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a6af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a7bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a7b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7a7ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4a6bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5a6ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8a6b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa4ba {
  color: #aaa4ba;
}
Background
.bg-aaa4ba {
  background-color: #aaa4ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa4ba {
  border: 2px solid #aaa4ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa4ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 14% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa4ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa4ba, #b5a4ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa4ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 186 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 5.61 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 5.79 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.93 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.18 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.68 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.70 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.76 #555b45 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#aaa4ba  rgb(170, 164, 186)  hsl(256, 14%, 69%)  Pastel Purple
#b4baa4  rgb(180, 186, 164)  hsl(76, 14%, 69%)  Ash Gray
#baaaa4  rgb(186, 170, 164)  hsl(16, 14%, 69%)  Silver Pink
#a4baaa  rgb(164, 186, 170)  hsl(136, 14%, 69%)  Opal