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#B5AACA

#b5aaca ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b5aaca is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 66.67% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.4% cyan, 15.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 260.63°, with 23.19% 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 9.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 5.59.

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Relative luminance0.4284

Complementary

  1. #b5aaca
  2. #bfcaaa

Split complementary

  1. #b5aaca
  2. #cac5aa
  3. #afcaaa

Analogous

  1. #aaafca
  2. #b5aaca
  3. #c5aaca

Triadic

  1. #b5aaca
  2. #cab5aa
  3. #aacab5

Tetradic

  1. #b5aaca
  2. #caaabf
  3. #bfcaaa
  4. #aacab5

Square

  1. #b5aaca
  2. #caaaaf
  3. #bfcaaa
  4. #aacac5

Monochromatic

  1. #665487
  2. #8c7bad
  3. #b5aaca
  4. #ded9e7
  5. #f4f2f7

Shades

#b5aaca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5aaca
  2. #a399b6
  3. #9188a2
  4. #7f778d
  5. #6d6679
  6. #5b5565
  7. #484451
  8. #36333d
  9. #242228
  10. #121114
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5aaca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5aaca
  2. #bcb3cf
  3. #c4bbd5
  4. #cbc4da
  5. #d3ccdf
  6. #dad5e5
  7. #e1ddea
  8. #e9e6ef
  9. #f0eef4
  10. #f8f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5aaca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5aaca
  2. #b0a6c3
  3. #aaa2bb
  4. #a59db4
  5. #a099ac
  6. #9b95a5
  7. #95919e
  8. #908d96
  9. #8b888f
  10. #858487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1adba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4afcb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6afc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2aeb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abadcb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acadc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3adbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5aaca {
  color: #b5aaca;
}
Background
.bg-b5aaca {
  background-color: #b5aaca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5aaca {
  border: 2px solid #b5aaca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5aaca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 170 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 23% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5aaca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5aaca, #c5aaca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5aaca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 170 202 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 5.59 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.70 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.79 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 8.18 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.44 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.12 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.37 #4a5535 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#b5aaca  rgb(181, 170, 202)  hsl(261, 23%, 73%)  Pastel Purple
#bfcaaa  rgb(191, 202, 170)  hsl(81, 23%, 73%)  Sage
#cab5aa  rgb(202, 181, 170)  hsl(21, 23%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#aacab5  rgb(170, 202, 181)  hsl(141, 23%, 73%)  Opal