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#afa4ba ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afa4ba is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 64.31% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.91% cyan, 11.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 270°, with 13.75% 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 8.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 3.73.

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Relative luminance0.3921

Complementary

  1. #afa4ba
  2. #afbaa4

Split complementary

  1. #afa4ba
  2. #babaa4
  3. #a4baa4

Analogous

  1. #a4a4ba
  2. #afa4ba
  3. #baa4ba

Triadic

  1. #afa4ba
  2. #baafa4
  3. #a4baaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa4ba
  2. #baa4af
  3. #afbaa4
  4. #a4baaf

Square

  1. #afa4ba
  2. #baa4a4
  3. #afbaa4
  4. #a4baba

Monochromatic

  1. #635570
  2. #897899
  3. #afa4ba
  4. #d5d0db
  5. #f5f3f6

Shades

#afa4ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa4ba
  2. #9e94a7
  3. #8c8395
  4. #7b7382
  5. #696270
  6. #58525d
  7. #46424a
  8. #353138
  9. #232125
  10. #121013
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa4ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa4ba
  2. #b7adc1
  3. #bfb6c8
  4. #c7bfcf
  5. #cfc8d6
  6. #d7d2dd
  7. #dfdbe3
  8. #e7e4ea
  9. #efedf1
  10. #f7f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa4ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa4ba
  2. #aaa0b4
  3. #a69dae
  4. #a199a9
  5. #9c96a3
  6. #98929d
  7. #938e97
  8. #8e8b91
  9. #89878c
  10. #858486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba6b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1a8bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3a8b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aea7ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7a6bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8a7ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aea6b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa4ba {
  color: #afa4ba;
}
Background
.bg-afa4ba {
  background-color: #afa4ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa4ba {
  border: 2px solid #afa4ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa4ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 164 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 14% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa4ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa4ba, #baa4ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa4ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 164 186 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 3.73 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 4.57 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.99 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.40 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.63 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.79 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.14 #505b45 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#afa4ba  rgb(175, 164, 186)  hsl(270, 14%, 69%)  Pastel Purple
#afbaa4  rgb(175, 186, 164)  hsl(90, 14%, 69%)  Ash Gray
#baafa4  rgb(186, 175, 164)  hsl(30, 14%, 69%)  Dark Gray
#a4baaf  rgb(164, 186, 175)  hsl(150, 14%, 69%)  Opal