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#B28EA4

#b28ea4 ≈ Pastel Purple

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#b28ea4 is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 55.69% green and 64.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.22% magenta, 7.87% yellow and 30.2% black. Its hue angle is 323.33°, with 18.95% saturation and 62.75% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with romance, playfulness and affection. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 6.03.

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Relative luminance0.3149

Complementary

  1. #b28ea4
  2. #8eb29c

Split complementary

  1. #b28ea4
  2. #92b28e
  3. #8eb2ae

Analogous

  1. #ae8eb2
  2. #b28ea4
  3. #b28e92

Triadic

  1. #b28ea4
  2. #a4b28e
  3. #8ea4b2

Tetradic

  1. #b28ea4
  2. #b29c8e
  3. #8eb29c
  4. #8ea4b2

Square

  1. #b28ea4
  2. #b2ae8e
  3. #8eb29c
  4. #8e92b2

Monochromatic

  1. #634457
  2. #91637f
  3. #b28ea4
  4. #d1bcc9
  5. #f0e9ed

Shades

#b28ea4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b28ea4
  2. #a08094
  3. #8e7283
  4. #7d6373
  5. #6b5562
  6. #594752
  7. #473942
  8. #352b31
  9. #241c21
  10. #120e10
  11. #000000

Tints

#b28ea4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b28ea4
  2. #ba99ad
  3. #c1a5b6
  4. #c9b0bf
  5. #d1bbc8
  6. #d9c7d2
  7. #e0d2db
  8. #e8dde4
  9. #f0e8ed
  10. #f7f4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b28ea4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b28ea4
  2. #ad8da0
  3. #a88b9d
  4. #a38a99
  5. #9e8896
  6. #998792
  7. #94868e
  8. #8f848b
  9. #8a8387
  10. #858184
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3949d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f95a5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #979aa3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b78e95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9e92a5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a395a3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b58e9b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b28ea4 {
  color: #b28ea4;
}
Background
.bg-b28ea4 {
  background-color: #b28ea4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b28ea4 {
  border: 2px solid #b28ea4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b28ea4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 142 164;
  --color-primary-hsl: 323 19% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b28ea4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b28ea4, #b28e92);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b28ea4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 142 164 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 6.03 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.04 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 7.50 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.09 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 8.11 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 8.87 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 10.82 #4d715b Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#b28ea4  rgb(178, 142, 164)  hsl(323, 19%, 63%)  Pastel Purple
#8eb29c  rgb(142, 178, 156)  hsl(143, 19%, 63%)  Dark Sea Green
#a4b28e  rgb(164, 178, 142)  hsl(83, 19%, 63%)  Sage
#8ea4b2  rgb(142, 164, 178)  hsl(203, 19%, 63%)  Moonstone Blue