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#afa5cc ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afa5cc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 64.71% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.22% cyan, 19.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 255.38°, with 27.66% saturation and 72.35% 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 9.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 6.78.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4038

Complementary

  1. #afa5cc
  2. #c2cca5

Split complementary

  1. #afa5cc
  2. #ccc2a5
  3. #aecca5

Analogous

  1. #a5aecc
  2. #afa5cc
  3. #c2a5cc

Triadic

  1. #afa5cc
  2. #ccafa5
  3. #a5ccaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa5cc
  2. #cca5c2
  3. #c2cca5
  4. #a5ccaf

Square

  1. #afa5cc
  2. #cca5ae
  3. #c2cca5
  4. #a5ccc2

Monochromatic

  1. #5d4e8a
  2. #8474b0
  3. #afa5cc
  4. #dad6e8
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#afa5cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa5cc
  2. #9e95b8
  3. #8c84a3
  4. #7b748f
  5. #69637a
  6. #585366
  7. #464252
  8. #35323d
  9. #232129
  10. #121114
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa5cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa5cc
  2. #b7aed1
  3. #bfb7d6
  4. #c7c0db
  5. #cfc9e0
  6. #d7d2e6
  7. #dfdbeb
  8. #e7e4f0
  9. #efedf5
  10. #f7f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa5cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa5cc
  2. #aaa1c4
  3. #a69ebd
  4. #a19ab5
  5. #9c96ae
  6. #9893a6
  7. #938f9e
  8. #8e8b97
  9. #89878f
  10. #858488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca8b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9dabce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9eaacb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aaabb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5a8cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5a8cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca8bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa5cc {
  color: #afa5cc;
}
Background
.bg-afa5cc {
  background-color: #afa5cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa5cc {
  border: 2px solid #afa5cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa5cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 165 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 28% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa5cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa5cc, #c2a5cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa5cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 165 204 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 6.78 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.75 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.10 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.17 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.82 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.24 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.28 #505a33 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#afa5cc  rgb(175, 165, 204)  hsl(255, 28%, 72%)  Pastel Purple
#c2cca5  rgb(194, 204, 165)  hsl(75, 28%, 72%)  Sage
#ccafa5  rgb(204, 175, 165)  hsl(15, 28%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#a5ccaf  rgb(165, 204, 175)  hsl(135, 28%, 72%)  Seafoam Green