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#ae8fad ≈ Pastel Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#ae8fad is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 56.08% green and 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.82% magenta, 0.57% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 301.94°, with 16.06% saturation and 62.16% 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 7.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 5.22.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3166

Complementary

  1. #ae8fad
  2. #8fae90

Split complementary

  1. #ae8fad
  2. #9eae8f
  3. #8faea0

Analogous

  1. #a08fae
  2. #ae8fad
  3. #ae8f9e

Triadic

  1. #ae8fad
  2. #adae8f
  3. #8fadae

Tetradic

  1. #ae8fad
  2. #ae908f
  3. #8fae90
  4. #8fadae

Square

  1. #ae8fad
  2. #aea08f
  3. #8fae90
  4. #8f9eae

Monochromatic

  1. #5f455e
  2. #8c658a
  3. #ae8fad
  4. #cebbce
  5. #eee8ee

Shades

#ae8fad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae8fad
  2. #9d819c
  3. #8b728a
  4. #7a6479
  5. #685668
  6. #574857
  7. #463945
  8. #342b34
  9. #231d23
  10. #110e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae8fad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae8fad
  2. #b69ab5
  3. #bea5bd
  4. #c6b1c6
  5. #cebcce
  6. #d7c7d6
  7. #dfd2de
  8. #e7dde6
  9. #efe9ef
  10. #f7f4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae8fad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae8fad
  2. #a98ea9
  3. #a58ca4
  4. #a08ba0
  5. #9c899b
  6. #978897
  7. #928692
  8. #8e858e
  9. #898389
  10. #858285
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a295a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d96ae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #949aac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b09199 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9b93ae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9f96ac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #af90a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae8fad {
  color: #ae8fad;
}
Background
.bg-ae8fad {
  background-color: #ae8fad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae8fad {
  border: 2px solid #ae8fad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae8fad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 143 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 302 16% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae8fad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae8fad, #ae8f9e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae8fad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 143 173 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 5.22 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.01 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.84 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 8.31 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.07 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 10.68 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.46 #517052 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#ae8fad  rgb(174, 143, 173)  hsl(302, 16%, 62%)  Pastel Purple
#8fae90  rgb(143, 174, 144)  hsl(122, 16%, 62%)  Dark Sea Green
#adae8f  rgb(173, 174, 143)  hsl(62, 16%, 62%)  Sage
#8fadae  rgb(143, 173, 174)  hsl(182, 16%, 62%)  Opal