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#AF9CC1

#af9cc1 ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#af9cc1 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 61.18% green and 75.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.33% cyan, 19.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 270.81°, with 22.98% 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 8.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 4.68.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3674

Complementary

  1. #af9cc1
  2. #aec19c

Split complementary

  1. #af9cc1
  2. #c0c19c
  3. #9cc19c

Analogous

  1. #9c9cc1
  2. #af9cc1
  3. #c19cc0

Triadic

  1. #af9cc1
  2. #c1af9c
  3. #9cc1af

Tetradic

  1. #af9cc1
  2. #c19cae
  3. #aec19c
  4. #9cc1af

Square

  1. #af9cc1
  2. #c19c9c
  3. #aec19c
  4. #9cc0c1

Monochromatic

  1. #634b79
  2. #896da4
  3. #af9cc1
  4. #d5cbde
  5. #f5f2f7

Shades

#af9cc1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af9cc1
  2. #9e8cae
  3. #8c7d9a
  4. #7b6d87
  5. #695e74
  6. #584e61
  7. #463e4d
  8. #352f3a
  9. #231f27
  10. #121013
  11. #000000

Tints

#af9cc1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af9cc1
  2. #b7a6c7
  3. #bfb0cd
  4. #c7bad4
  5. #cfc4da
  6. #d7cee0
  7. #dfd7e6
  8. #e7e1ec
  9. #efebf3
  10. #f7f5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af9cc1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af9cc1
  2. #aa99bb
  3. #a696b4
  4. #a194ae
  5. #9c91a7
  6. #988ea1
  7. #938b9a
  8. #8e8894
  9. #89868d
  10. #858387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a0b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96a2c3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9aa4c0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ada1a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1a0c2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3a1c0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ae9fb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af9cc1 {
  color: #af9cc1;
}
Background
.bg-af9cc1 {
  background-color: #af9cc1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af9cc1 {
  border: 2px solid #af9cc1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af9cc1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 156 193;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 23% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af9cc1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af9cc1, #c19cc0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af9cc1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 156 193 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 4.68 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 5.95 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.90 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.37 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.47 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.69 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.12 #50633e Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#af9cc1  rgb(175, 156, 193)  hsl(271, 23%, 68%)  Pastel Purple
#aec19c  rgb(174, 193, 156)  hsl(91, 23%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green
#c1af9c  rgb(193, 175, 156)  hsl(31, 23%, 68%)  Tan
#9cc1af  rgb(156, 193, 175)  hsl(151, 23%, 68%)  Opal