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#b8a7ca ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b8a7ca is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 65.49% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 8.91% cyan, 17.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 269.14°, with 24.82% saturation and 72.35% 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 9.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 4.96.

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Relative luminance0.4209

Complementary

  1. #b8a7ca
  2. #b9caa7

Split complementary

  1. #b8a7ca
  2. #cac9a7
  3. #a7caa7

Analogous

  1. #a7a7ca
  2. #b8a7ca
  3. #c9a7ca

Triadic

  1. #b8a7ca
  2. #cab8a7
  3. #a7cab8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a7ca
  2. #caa7b9
  3. #b9caa7
  4. #a7cab8

Square

  1. #b8a7ca
  2. #caa7a7
  3. #b9caa7
  4. #a7cac9

Monochromatic

  1. #6b5187
  2. #9177ad
  3. #b8a7ca
  4. #dfd7e7
  5. #f5f2f7

Shades

#b8a7ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a7ca
  2. #a696b6
  3. #9386a2
  4. #81758d
  5. #6e6479
  6. #5c5465
  7. #4a4351
  8. #37323d
  9. #252128
  10. #121114
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a7ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a7ca
  2. #bfb0cf
  3. #c6b9d5
  4. #cdc1da
  5. #d4cadf
  6. #dcd3e5
  7. #e3dcea
  8. #eae5ef
  9. #f1edf4
  10. #f8f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a7ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a7ca
  2. #b2a3c3
  3. #ad9fbb
  4. #a79bb4
  5. #a297ac
  6. #9c94a5
  7. #96909e
  8. #918c96
  9. #8b888f
  10. #868487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2abba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1adcc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5aec9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6abb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ababcb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adabc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7aabc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a7ca {
  color: #b8a7ca;
}
Background
.bg-b8a7ca {
  background-color: #b8a7ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a7ca {
  border: 2px solid #b8a7ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a7ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 167 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 25% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a7ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a7ca, #c9a7ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a7ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 167 202 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 4.96 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 5.69 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.42 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.72 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 7.94 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.22 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.22 #475835 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#b8a7ca  rgb(184, 167, 202)  hsl(269, 25%, 72%)  Pastel Purple
#b9caa7  rgb(185, 202, 167)  hsl(89, 25%, 72%)  Dark Sea Green
#cab8a7  rgb(202, 184, 167)  hsl(29, 25%, 72%)  Tan
#a7cab8  rgb(167, 202, 184)  hsl(149, 25%, 72%)  Opal