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#C19CAA

#c19caa ≈ Pastel Purple

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c19caa is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.69% red, 61.18% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.17% magenta, 11.92% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 337.3°, with 22.98% saturation and 68.43% 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 8.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 6.05.

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Relative luminance0.3802

Complementary

  1. #c19caa
  2. #9cc1b3

Split complementary

  1. #c19caa
  2. #9cc1a0
  3. #9cbcc1

Analogous

  1. #c19cbc
  2. #c19caa
  3. #c1a09c

Triadic

  1. #c19caa
  2. #aac19c
  3. #9caac1

Tetradic

  1. #c19caa
  2. #c1b39c
  3. #9cc1b3
  4. #9caac1

Square

  1. #c19caa
  2. #bcc19c
  3. #9cc1b3
  4. #a09cc1

Monochromatic

  1. #794b5d
  2. #a46d82
  3. #c19caa
  4. #decbd2
  5. #f7f2f4

Shades

#c19caa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c19caa
  2. #ae8c99
  3. #9a7d88
  4. #876d77
  5. #745e66
  6. #614e55
  7. #4d3e44
  8. #3a2f33
  9. #271f22
  10. #131011
  11. #000000

Tints

#c19caa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c19caa
  2. #c7a6b3
  3. #cdb0bb
  4. #d4bac4
  5. #dac4cc
  6. #e0ced5
  7. #e6d7dd
  8. #ece1e6
  9. #f3ebee
  10. #f9f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c19caa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c19caa
  2. #bb99a6
  3. #b496a2
  4. #ae949d
  5. #a79199
  6. #a18e95
  7. #9a8b91
  8. #94888d
  9. #8d8688
  10. #878384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1a2a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa2ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8a8a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c79ba1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aea0aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a3a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c59ba4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c19caa {
  color: #c19caa;
}
Background
.bg-c19caa {
  background-color: #c19caa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c19caa {
  border: 2px solid #c19caa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c19caa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 193 156 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 337 23% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c19caa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c19caa, #c1a09c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c19caa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(193 156 170 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 6.05 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.62 #bc8f8f Rosy Brown ΔE 7.05 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 7.96 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.98 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 8.64 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.88 #3e6355 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#c19caa  rgb(193, 156, 170)  hsl(337, 23%, 68%)  Pastel Purple
#9cc1b3  rgb(156, 193, 179)  hsl(157, 23%, 68%)  Opal
#aac19c  rgb(170, 193, 156)  hsl(97, 23%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green
#9caac1  rgb(156, 170, 193)  hsl(217, 23%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder