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#B496AA

#b496aa ≈ Pastel Purple

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#b496aa is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 58.82% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 16.67% magenta, 5.56% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 320°, with 16.67% saturation and 64.71% 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 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 3.63.

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Relative luminance0.3442

Complementary

  1. #b496aa
  2. #96b4a0

Split complementary

  1. #b496aa
  2. #9bb496
  3. #96b4af

Analogous

  1. #af96b4
  2. #b496aa
  3. #b4969b

Triadic

  1. #b496aa
  2. #aab496
  3. #96aab4

Tetradic

  1. #b496aa
  2. #b4a096
  3. #96b4a0
  4. #96aab4

Square

  1. #b496aa
  2. #b4af96
  3. #96b4a0
  4. #969bb4

Monochromatic

  1. #674a5d
  2. #946a86
  3. #b496aa
  4. #d4c3ce
  5. #f4eff2

Shades

#b496aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b496aa
  2. #a28799
  3. #907888
  4. #7e6977
  5. #6c5a66
  6. #5a4b55
  7. #483c44
  8. #362d33
  9. #241e22
  10. #120f11
  11. #000000

Tints

#b496aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b496aa
  2. #bca1b3
  3. #c3abbb
  4. #cbb6c4
  5. #d2c0cc
  6. #dacbd5
  7. #e1d5dd
  8. #e9e0e6
  9. #f0eaee
  10. #f8f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b496aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b496aa
  2. #af94a6
  3. #aa92a2
  4. #a48f9d
  5. #9f8d99
  6. #9a8b95
  7. #958991
  8. #90878d
  9. #8a8488
  10. #858284
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a89ba3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #979cab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9da0a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8979d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a39aab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a79ca9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b696a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b496aa {
  color: #b496aa;
}
Background
.bg-b496aa {
  background-color: #b496aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b496aa {
  border: 2px solid #b496aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b496aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 150 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 320 17% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b496aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b496aa, #b4969b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b496aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 150 170 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 3.63 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 4.02 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.16 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 9.11 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.37 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 9.55 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 10.87 #4b6955 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#b496aa  rgb(180, 150, 170)  hsl(320, 17%, 65%)  Pastel Purple
#96b4a0  rgb(150, 180, 160)  hsl(140, 17%, 65%)  Opal
#aab496  rgb(170, 180, 150)  hsl(80, 17%, 65%)  Sage
#96aab4  rgb(150, 170, 180)  hsl(200, 17%, 65%)  Pastel Blue