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#ae8ca5 ≈ Pastel Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#ae8ca5 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 54.9% green and 64.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.54% magenta, 5.17% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 315.88°, with 17.35% saturation and 61.57% 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 7.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 6.08.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3047

Complementary

  1. #ae8ca5
  2. #8cae95

Split complementary

  1. #ae8ca5
  2. #94ae8c
  3. #8caea6

Analogous

  1. #a68cae
  2. #ae8ca5
  3. #ae8c94

Triadic

  1. #ae8ca5
  2. #a5ae8c
  3. #8ca5ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae8ca5
  2. #ae958c
  3. #8cae95
  4. #8ca5ae

Square

  1. #ae8ca5
  2. #aea68c
  3. #8cae95
  4. #8c94ae

Monochromatic

  1. #5e4357
  2. #8b6280
  3. #ae8ca5
  4. #ceb9c8
  5. #ede6eb

Shades

#ae8ca5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae8ca5
  2. #9d7e95
  3. #8b7084
  4. #7a6274
  5. #685463
  6. #574653
  7. #463842
  8. #342a32
  9. #231c21
  10. #110e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae8ca5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae8ca5
  2. #b698ae
  3. #bea3b7
  4. #c6afc0
  5. #cebac9
  6. #d7c6d2
  7. #dfd1db
  8. #e7dde4
  9. #efe8ed
  10. #f7f4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae8ca5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae8ca5
  2. #a98ba1
  3. #a58a9e
  4. #a0889a
  5. #9c8796
  6. #978693
  7. #92858f
  8. #8e848b
  9. #898287
  10. #858184
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0929c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8c93a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9498a4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b28d94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9b90a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9f93a4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b08d9b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae8ca5 {
  color: #ae8ca5;
}
Background
.bg-ae8ca5 {
  background-color: #ae8ca5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae8ca5 {
  border: 2px solid #ae8ca5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae8ca5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 140 165;
  --color-primary-hsl: 316 17% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae8ca5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae8ca5, #ae8c94);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae8ca5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 140 165 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 6.08 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.10 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 6.92 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.15 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 9.16 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 10.12 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 11.23 #51735a Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#ae8ca5  rgb(174, 140, 165)  hsl(316, 17%, 62%)  Pastel Purple
#8cae95  rgb(140, 174, 149)  hsl(136, 17%, 62%)  Dark Sea Green
#a5ae8c  rgb(165, 174, 140)  hsl(76, 17%, 62%)  Sage
#8ca5ae  rgb(140, 165, 174)  hsl(196, 17%, 62%)  Moonstone Blue