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#ACA6BF

#aca6bf ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aca6bf is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 65.1% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.95% cyan, 13.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 254.4°, with 16.34% saturation and 70% 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 8.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 5.73.

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Relative luminance0.398

Complementary

  1. #aca6bf
  2. #b9bfa6

Split complementary

  1. #aca6bf
  2. #bfb9a6
  3. #acbfa6

Analogous

  1. #a6acbf
  2. #aca6bf
  3. #b9a6bf

Triadic

  1. #aca6bf
  2. #bfaca6
  3. #a6bfac

Tetradic

  1. #aca6bf
  2. #bfa6b9
  3. #b9bfa6
  4. #a6bfac

Square

  1. #aca6bf
  2. #bfa6ac
  3. #b9bfa6
  4. #a6bfb9

Monochromatic

  1. #5d5577
  2. #82799f
  3. #aca6bf
  4. #d5d2df
  5. #f4f3f6

Shades

#aca6bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca6bf
  2. #9b95ac
  3. #8a8599
  4. #787486
  5. #676473
  6. #565360
  7. #45424c
  8. #343239
  9. #222126
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca6bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca6bf
  2. #b4afc5
  3. #bdb8cc
  4. #c5c1d2
  5. #cdcad9
  6. #d6d3df
  7. #dedbe5
  8. #e6e4ec
  9. #eeedf2
  10. #f7f6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca6bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca6bf
  2. #a8a2b9
  3. #a39eb2
  4. #9f9bac
  5. #9a97a6
  6. #9693a0
  7. #928f99
  8. #8d8b93
  9. #89888d
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa8b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1a9c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2a9be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9aaae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6a8c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6a8bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aaa8b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca6bf {
  color: #aca6bf;
}
Background
.bg-aca6bf {
  background-color: #aca6bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca6bf {
  border: 2px solid #aca6bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca6bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 166 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 16% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca6bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca6bf, #b9a6bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca6bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 166 191 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 5.73 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.50 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.37 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.62 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.14 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.20 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.24 #535940 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#aca6bf  rgb(172, 166, 191)  hsl(254, 16%, 70%)  Pastel Purple
#b9bfa6  rgb(185, 191, 166)  hsl(74, 16%, 70%)  Ash Gray
#bfaca6  rgb(191, 172, 166)  hsl(14, 16%, 70%)  Silver Pink
#a6bfac  rgb(166, 191, 172)  hsl(134, 16%, 70%)  Opal