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#afa5cf ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afa5cf 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 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.46% cyan, 20.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 254.29°, with 30.43% saturation and 72.94% 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 9.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 7.5.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4053

Complementary

  1. #afa5cf
  2. #c5cfa5

Split complementary

  1. #afa5cf
  2. #cfc4a5
  3. #b0cfa5

Analogous

  1. #a5b0cf
  2. #afa5cf
  3. #c4a5cf

Triadic

  1. #afa5cf
  2. #cfafa5
  3. #a5cfaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa5cf
  2. #cfa5c5
  3. #c5cfa5
  4. #a5cfaf

Square

  1. #afa5cf
  2. #cfa5b0
  3. #c5cfa5
  4. #a5cfc4

Monochromatic

  1. #5c4c8f
  2. #8373b4
  3. #afa5cf
  4. #dbd7ea
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#afa5cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa5cf
  2. #9e95ba
  3. #8c84a6
  4. #7b7491
  5. #69637c
  6. #585368
  7. #464253
  8. #35323e
  9. #232129
  10. #121115
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa5cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa5cf
  2. #b7aed4
  3. #bfb7d9
  4. #c7c0dd
  5. #cfc9e2
  6. #d7d2e7
  7. #dfdbec
  8. #e7e4f1
  9. #efedf5
  10. #f7f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa5cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa5cf
  2. #aaa1c7
  3. #a69ebf
  4. #a19ab7
  5. #9c96af
  6. #9893a8
  7. #938fa0
  8. #8e8b98
  9. #898790
  10. #858488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca8ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cabd1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9daace ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9abb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4a9d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5a8ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca9bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa5cf {
  color: #afa5cf;
}
Background
.bg-afa5cf {
  background-color: #afa5cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa5cf {
  border: 2px solid #afa5cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa5cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 165 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 30% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa5cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa5cf, #c4a5cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa5cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 165 207 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.50 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.61 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.82 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.30 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.57 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.50 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.63 #505a30 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#afa5cf  rgb(175, 165, 207)  hsl(254, 30%, 73%)  Pastel Purple
#c5cfa5  rgb(197, 207, 165)  hsl(74, 30%, 73%)  Sage
#cfafa5  rgb(207, 175, 165)  hsl(14, 30%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#a5cfaf  rgb(165, 207, 175)  hsl(134, 30%, 73%)  Seafoam Green