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#AE9AC3

#ae9ac3 ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ae9ac3 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 60.39% green and 76.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.77% cyan, 21.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 269.27°, with 25.47% saturation and 68.43% 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 8.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 5.82.

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Relative luminance0.3605

Complementary

  1. #ae9ac3
  2. #afc39a

Split complementary

  1. #ae9ac3
  2. #c3c39a
  3. #9ac39a

Analogous

  1. #9a9ac3
  2. #ae9ac3
  3. #c39ac3

Triadic

  1. #ae9ac3
  2. #c3ae9a
  3. #9ac3ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae9ac3
  2. #c39aaf
  3. #afc39a
  4. #9ac3ae

Square

  1. #ae9ac3
  2. #c39a9a
  3. #afc39a
  4. #9ac3c3

Monochromatic

  1. #61497b
  2. #886aa6
  3. #ae9ac3
  4. #d4cae0
  5. #f5f2f7

Shades

#ae9ac3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae9ac3
  2. #9d8bb0
  3. #8b7b9c
  4. #7a6c89
  5. #685c75
  6. #574d62
  7. #463e4e
  8. #342e3b
  9. #231f27
  10. #110f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae9ac3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae9ac3
  2. #b6a4c9
  3. #beaecf
  4. #c6b8d5
  5. #cec2db
  6. #d7cde1
  7. #dfd7e7
  8. #e7e1ed
  9. #efebf3
  10. #f7f5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae9ac3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae9ac3
  2. #a997bc
  3. #a595b6
  4. #a092af
  5. #9c90a8
  6. #978da2
  7. #928a9b
  8. #8e8894
  9. #89858d
  10. #858387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a79fb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93a1c5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97a2c2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ab9fa8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9f9ec4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a19fc2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ac9db3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae9ac3 {
  color: #ae9ac3;
}
Background
.bg-ae9ac3 {
  background-color: #ae9ac3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae9ac3 {
  border: 2px solid #ae9ac3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae9ac3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 154 195;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 25% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae9ac3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae9ac3, #c39ac3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae9ac3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 154 195 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 5.82 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.23 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.77 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.91 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.18 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.22 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.22 #51653c Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#ae9ac3  rgb(174, 154, 195)  hsl(269, 25%, 68%)  Pastel Purple
#afc39a  rgb(175, 195, 154)  hsl(89, 25%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green
#c3ae9a  rgb(195, 174, 154)  hsl(29, 25%, 68%)  Tan
#9ac3ae  rgb(154, 195, 174)  hsl(149, 25%, 68%)  Opal