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#AB95BF

#ab95bf ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ab95bf is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 58.43% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.47% cyan, 21.99% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 271.43°, with 24.71% saturation and 66.67% 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 7.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 6.38.

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Relative luminance0.3391

Complementary

  1. #ab95bf
  2. #a9bf95

Split complementary

  1. #ab95bf
  2. #bebf95
  3. #95bf96

Analogous

  1. #9695bf
  2. #ab95bf
  3. #bf95be

Triadic

  1. #ab95bf
  2. #bfab95
  3. #95bfab

Tetradic

  1. #ab95bf
  2. #bf95a9
  3. #a9bf95
  4. #95bfab

Square

  1. #ab95bf
  2. #bf9695
  3. #a9bf95
  4. #95bebf

Monochromatic

  1. #5f4675
  2. #8565a2
  3. #ab95bf
  4. #d1c5dc
  5. #f5f2f7

Shades

#ab95bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab95bf
  2. #9a86ac
  3. #897799
  4. #786886
  5. #675973
  6. #564b60
  7. #443c4c
  8. #332d39
  9. #221e26
  10. #110f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab95bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab95bf
  2. #b3a0c5
  3. #bcaacc
  4. #c4b5d2
  5. #cdbfd9
  6. #d5cadf
  7. #ddd5e5
  8. #e6dfec
  9. #eeeaf2
  10. #f7f4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab95bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab95bf
  2. #a793b9
  3. #a291b2
  4. #9e8fac
  5. #9a8da6
  6. #968ba0
  7. #918899
  8. #8d8693
  9. #89848d
  10. #848286
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39aac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e9cc1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #929ebe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a99aa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9b9ac0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9d9abe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa98af ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab95bf {
  color: #ab95bf;
}
Background
.bg-ab95bf {
  background-color: #ab95bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab95bf {
  border: 2px solid #ab95bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab95bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 149 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 25% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab95bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab95bf, #bf95be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab95bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 149 191 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 6.38 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.78 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.21 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.10 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.87 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.48 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.24 #546a40 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#ab95bf  rgb(171, 149, 191)  hsl(271, 25%, 67%)  Pastel Purple
#a9bf95  rgb(169, 191, 149)  hsl(91, 25%, 67%)  Dark Sea Green
#bfab95  rgb(191, 171, 149)  hsl(31, 25%, 67%)  Tan
#95bfab  rgb(149, 191, 171)  hsl(151, 25%, 67%)  Opal