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#A997BA

#a997ba ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a997ba is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 59.22% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.14% cyan, 18.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 270.86°, with 20.23% saturation and 66.08% 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 7.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 4.67.

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Relative luminance0.3411

Complementary

  1. #a997ba
  2. #a8ba97

Split complementary

  1. #a997ba
  2. #baba97
  3. #97ba98

Analogous

  1. #9897ba
  2. #a997ba
  3. #ba97ba

Triadic

  1. #a997ba
  2. #baa997
  3. #97baa9

Tetradic

  1. #a997ba
  2. #ba97a8
  3. #a8ba97
  4. #97baa9

Square

  1. #a997ba
  2. #ba9897
  3. #a8ba97
  4. #97baba

Monochromatic

  1. #5d496f
  2. #83699b
  3. #a997ba
  4. #cfc5d9
  5. #f5f3f7

Shades

#a997ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a997ba
  2. #9888a7
  3. #877995
  4. #766a82
  5. #655b70
  6. #554c5d
  7. #443c4a
  8. #332d38
  9. #221e25
  10. #110f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#a997ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a997ba
  2. #b2a1c1
  3. #baacc8
  4. #c3b6cf
  5. #cbc1d6
  6. #d4cbdd
  7. #ddd5e3
  8. #e5e0ea
  9. #eeeaf1
  10. #f6f5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a997ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a997ba
  2. #a595b4
  3. #a192ae
  4. #9d90a9
  5. #998ea3
  6. #958c9d
  7. #908997
  8. #8c8791
  9. #88858c
  10. #848286
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29baa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #929dbc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #959eb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a79ba3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9b9bbb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9d9bb9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a89aad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a997ba {
  color: #a997ba;
}
Background
.bg-a997ba {
  background-color: #a997ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a997ba {
  border: 2px solid #a997ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a997ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 151 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 20% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a997ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a997ba, #ba97ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a997ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 151 186 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 4.67 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 6.15 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.11 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.66 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.20 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.19 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 11.56 #566845 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#a997ba  rgb(169, 151, 186)  hsl(271, 20%, 66%)  Pastel Purple
#a8ba97  rgb(168, 186, 151)  hsl(91, 20%, 66%)  Dark Sea Green
#baa997  rgb(186, 169, 151)  hsl(31, 20%, 66%)  Tan
#97baa9  rgb(151, 186, 169)  hsl(151, 20%, 66%)  Opal