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#BA9FAC

#ba9fac ≈ Pastel Purple

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#ba9fac is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 62.35% green and 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.52% magenta, 7.53% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 331.11°, with 16.36% saturation and 67.65% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, 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 8.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 4.27.

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Relative luminance0.3821

Complementary

  1. #ba9fac
  2. #9fbaad

Split complementary

  1. #ba9fac
  2. #9fbaa0
  3. #9fbaba

Analogous

  1. #ba9fba
  2. #ba9fac
  3. #baa09f

Triadic

  1. #ba9fac
  2. #acba9f
  3. #9facba

Tetradic

  1. #ba9fac
  2. #baad9f
  3. #9fbaad
  4. #9facba

Square

  1. #ba9fac
  2. #baba9f
  3. #9fbaad
  4. #a09fba

Monochromatic

  1. #70505f
  2. #9a7386
  3. #ba9fac
  4. #daccd2
  5. #f6f3f5

Shades

#ba9fac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba9fac
  2. #a78f9b
  3. #957f8a
  4. #826f78
  5. #705f67
  6. #5d5056
  7. #4a4045
  8. #383034
  9. #252022
  10. #131011
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba9fac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba9fac
  2. #c1a9b4
  3. #c8b2bd
  4. #cfbcc5
  5. #d6c5cd
  6. #ddcfd6
  7. #e3d9de
  8. #eae2e6
  9. #f1ecee
  10. #f8f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba9fac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba9fac
  2. #b49ca8
  3. #ae99a3
  4. #a9969f
  5. #a3939a
  6. #9d9096
  7. #978c92
  8. #91898d
  9. #8c8689
  10. #868384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aea3a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1a4ad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7a8ab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #be9fa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aba2ac ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa4ac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bd9fa7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba9fac {
  color: #ba9fac;
}
Background
.bg-ba9fac {
  background-color: #ba9fac;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba9fac {
  border: 2px solid #ba9fac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba9fac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 159 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 331 16% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba9fac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba9fac, #baa09f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba9fac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 159 172 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 4.27 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 4.33 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 7.37 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 8.44 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.49 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.74 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 10.40 #456053 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#ba9fac  rgb(186, 159, 172)  hsl(331, 16%, 68%)  Pastel Purple
#9fbaad  rgb(159, 186, 173)  hsl(151, 16%, 68%)  Opal
#acba9f  rgb(172, 186, 159)  hsl(91, 16%, 68%)  Ash Gray
#9facba  rgb(159, 172, 186)  hsl(211, 16%, 68%)  Dark Gray