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#ae8baa ≈ Pastel Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#ae8baa is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 54.51% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.11% magenta, 2.3% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 306.86°, with 17.77% saturation and 61.37% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 6.59.

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Relative luminance0.3037

Complementary

  1. #ae8baa
  2. #8bae8f

Split complementary

  1. #ae8baa
  2. #98ae8b
  3. #8baea0

Analogous

  1. #a08bae
  2. #ae8baa
  3. #ae8b98

Triadic

  1. #ae8baa
  2. #aaae8b
  3. #8baaae

Tetradic

  1. #ae8baa
  2. #ae8f8b
  3. #8bae8f
  4. #8baaae

Square

  1. #ae8baa
  2. #aea08b
  3. #8bae8f
  4. #8b98ae

Monochromatic

  1. #5e425b
  2. #8b6186
  3. #ae8baa
  4. #cdb8cb
  5. #ede5ec

Shades

#ae8baa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae8baa
  2. #9d7d99
  3. #8b6f88
  4. #7a6177
  5. #685366
  6. #574655
  7. #463844
  8. #342a33
  9. #231c22
  10. #110e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae8baa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae8baa
  2. #b697b3
  3. #bea2bb
  4. #c6aec4
  5. #ceb9cc
  6. #d7c5d5
  7. #dfd1dd
  8. #e7dce6
  9. #efe8ee
  10. #f7f3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae8baa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae8baa
  2. #a98aa6
  3. #a589a2
  4. #a0889d
  5. #9c8799
  6. #978695
  7. #928491
  8. #8e838d
  9. #898288
  10. #858184
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0929e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8a93ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9297a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b18d95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9a90ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9e93a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b08c9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae8baa {
  color: #ae8baa;
}
Background
.bg-ae8baa {
  background-color: #ae8baa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae8baa {
  border: 2px solid #ae8baa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae8baa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 139 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 307 18% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae8baa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae8baa, #ae8b98);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae8baa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 139 170 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 6.59 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.15 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.56 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 7.59 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 10.06 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.56 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.99 #517455 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#ae8baa  rgb(174, 139, 170)  hsl(307, 18%, 61%)  Pastel Purple
#8bae8f  rgb(139, 174, 143)  hsl(127, 18%, 61%)  Dark Sea Green
#aaae8b  rgb(170, 174, 139)  hsl(67, 18%, 61%)  Sage
#8baaae  rgb(139, 170, 174)  hsl(187, 18%, 61%)  Moonstone Blue