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#BAA6C9

#baa6c9 ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#baa6c9 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 65.1% green and 78.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.46% cyan, 17.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 274.29°, with 24.48% saturation and 71.96% 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 9.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 4.65.

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Relative luminance0.4193

Complementary

  1. #baa6c9
  2. #b5c9a6

Split complementary

  1. #baa6c9
  2. #c6c9a6
  3. #a6c9a8

Analogous

  1. #a8a6c9
  2. #baa6c9
  3. #c9a6c6

Triadic

  1. #baa6c9
  2. #c9baa6
  3. #a6c9ba

Tetradic

  1. #baa6c9
  2. #c9a6b5
  3. #b5c9a6
  4. #a6c9ba

Square

  1. #baa6c9
  2. #c9a8a6
  3. #b5c9a6
  4. #a6c6c9

Monochromatic

  1. #6f5185
  2. #9576ac
  3. #baa6c9
  4. #dfd6e6
  5. #f5f2f7

Shades

#baa6c9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #baa6c9
  2. #a795b5
  3. #9585a1
  4. #82748d
  5. #706479
  6. #5d5365
  7. #4a4250
  8. #38323c
  9. #252128
  10. #131114
  11. #000000

Tints

#baa6c9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #baa6c9
  2. #c1afce
  3. #c8b8d4
  4. #cfc1d9
  5. #d6cadf
  6. #ddd3e4
  7. #e3dbe9
  8. #eae4ef
  9. #f1edf4
  10. #f8f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#baa6c9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #baa6c9
  2. #b4a2c2
  3. #ae9eba
  4. #a99bb3
  5. #a397ac
  6. #9d93a5
  7. #978f9d
  8. #918b96
  9. #8c888f
  10. #868487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2aab9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1accb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5aec8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9aab2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acaaca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aeabc8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9a8bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-baa6c9 {
  color: #baa6c9;
}
Background
.bg-baa6c9 {
  background-color: #baa6c9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-baa6c9 {
  border: 2px solid #baa6c9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #baa6c9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 166 201;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 24% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-baa6c9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baa6c9, #c9a6c6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-baa6c9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 166 201 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 4.65 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 4.78 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.00 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.60 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 7.74 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.57 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.53 #455936 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#baa6c9  rgb(186, 166, 201)  hsl(274, 24%, 72%)  Pastel Purple
#b5c9a6  rgb(181, 201, 166)  hsl(94, 24%, 72%)  Dark Sea Green
#c9baa6  rgb(201, 186, 166)  hsl(34, 24%, 72%)  Tan
#a6c9ba  rgb(166, 201, 186)  hsl(154, 24%, 72%)  Opal