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#afa2bc ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afa2bc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 63.53% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 6.91% cyan, 13.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 270°, with 16.25% saturation and 68.63% 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 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 3.1.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3859

Complementary

  1. #afa2bc
  2. #afbca2

Split complementary

  1. #afa2bc
  2. #bcbca2
  3. #a2bca2

Analogous

  1. #a2a2bc
  2. #afa2bc
  3. #bca2bc

Triadic

  1. #afa2bc
  2. #bcafa2
  3. #a2bcaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa2bc
  2. #bca2af
  3. #afbca2
  4. #a2bcaf

Square

  1. #afa2bc
  2. #bca2a2
  3. #afbca2
  4. #a2bcbc

Monochromatic

  1. #635273
  2. #89769c
  3. #afa2bc
  4. #d5cedc
  5. #f5f3f6

Shades

#afa2bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa2bc
  2. #9e92a9
  3. #8c8296
  4. #7b7184
  5. #696171
  6. #58515e
  7. #46414b
  8. #353138
  9. #232026
  10. #121013
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa2bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa2bc
  2. #b7abc3
  3. #bfb5c9
  4. #c7bed0
  5. #cfc7d7
  6. #d7d1de
  7. #dfdae4
  8. #e7e3eb
  9. #efecf2
  10. #f7f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa2bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa2bc
  2. #aa9fb6
  3. #a69bb0
  4. #a198aa
  5. #9c94a4
  6. #98919e
  7. #938e98
  8. #8e8a92
  9. #89878c
  10. #858386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa5b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ea6bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0a7bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aea5ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5a5bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6a5bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aea4b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa2bc {
  color: #afa2bc;
}
Background
.bg-afa2bc {
  background-color: #afa2bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa2bc {
  border: 2px solid #afa2bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa2bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 162 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 16% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa2bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa2bc, #bca2bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa2bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 162 188 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 3.10 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 4.73 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.80 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.39 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.91 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.02 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.42 #505d43 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#afa2bc  rgb(175, 162, 188)  hsl(270, 16%, 69%)  Pastel Purple
#afbca2  rgb(175, 188, 162)  hsl(90, 16%, 69%)  Ash Gray
#bcafa2  rgb(188, 175, 162)  hsl(30, 16%, 69%)  Dark Gray
#a2bcaf  rgb(162, 188, 175)  hsl(150, 16%, 69%)  Opal