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#B893A6

#b893a6 ≈ Pastel Purple

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#b893a6 is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 57.65% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 20.11% magenta, 9.78% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 329.19°, with 20.67% saturation and 64.9% 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 7.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 5.66.

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Relative luminance0.3381

Complementary

  1. #b893a6
  2. #93b8a5

Split complementary

  1. #b893a6
  2. #93b893
  3. #93b8b7

Analogous

  1. #b793b8
  2. #b893a6
  3. #b89393

Triadic

  1. #b893a6
  2. #a6b893
  3. #93a6b8

Tetradic

  1. #b893a6
  2. #b8a593
  3. #93b8a5
  4. #93a6b8

Square

  1. #b893a6
  2. #b8b793
  3. #93b8a5
  4. #9393b8

Monochromatic

  1. #6b4759
  2. #9a6580
  3. #b893a6
  4. #d6c1cc
  5. #f5eff2

Shades

#b893a6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b893a6
  2. #a68495
  3. #937685
  4. #816774
  5. #6e5864
  6. #5c4a53
  7. #4a3b42
  8. #372c32
  9. #251d21
  10. #120f11
  11. #000000

Tints

#b893a6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b893a6
  2. #bf9eaf
  3. #c6a9b8
  4. #cdb3c1
  5. #d4beca
  6. #dcc9d3
  7. #e3d4db
  8. #eadfe4
  9. #f1e9ed
  10. #f8f4f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b893a6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b893a6
  2. #b291a2
  3. #ad8f9e
  4. #a78d9b
  5. #a28b97
  6. #9c8a93
  7. #96888f
  8. #91868b
  9. #8b8488
  10. #868284
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a999a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #959aa7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e9fa5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd9399 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a497a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a99ba5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bb939f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b893a6 {
  color: #b893a6;
}
Background
.bg-b893a6 {
  background-color: #b893a6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b893a6 {
  border: 2px solid #b893a6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b893a6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 147 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 329 21% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b893a6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b893a6, #b89393);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b893a6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 147 166 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 5.66 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 5.95 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.50 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.67 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 7.81 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 9.07 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 10.96 #476c59 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#b893a6  rgb(184, 147, 166)  hsl(329, 21%, 65%)  Pastel Purple
#93b8a5  rgb(147, 184, 165)  hsl(149, 21%, 65%)  Opal
#a6b893  rgb(166, 184, 147)  hsl(89, 21%, 65%)  Dark Sea Green
#93a6b8  rgb(147, 166, 184)  hsl(209, 21%, 65%)  Moonstone Blue