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#AAA2BC

#aaa2bc ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa2bc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.53% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.57% cyan, 13.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 258.46°, with 16.25% saturation and 68.63% 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 8.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 4.83.

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Relative luminance0.3802

Complementary

  1. #aaa2bc
  2. #b4bca2

Split complementary

  1. #aaa2bc
  2. #bcb7a2
  3. #a7bca2

Analogous

  1. #a2a7bc
  2. #aaa2bc
  3. #b7a2bc

Triadic

  1. #aaa2bc
  2. #bcaaa2
  3. #a2bcaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa2bc
  2. #bca2b4
  3. #b4bca2
  4. #a2bcaa

Square

  1. #aaa2bc
  2. #bca2a7
  3. #b4bca2
  4. #a2bcb7

Monochromatic

  1. #5c5273
  2. #81769c
  3. #aaa2bc
  4. #d3cedc
  5. #f4f3f6

Shades

#aaa2bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa2bc
  2. #9992a9
  3. #888296
  4. #777184
  5. #666171
  6. #55515e
  7. #44414b
  8. #333138
  9. #222026
  10. #111013
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa2bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa2bc
  2. #b3abc3
  3. #bbb5c9
  4. #c4bed0
  5. #ccc7d7
  6. #d5d1de
  7. #dddae4
  8. #e6e3eb
  9. #eeecf2
  10. #f7f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa2bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa2bc
  2. #a69fb6
  3. #a29bb0
  4. #9d98aa
  5. #9994a4
  6. #95919e
  7. #918e98
  8. #8d8a92
  9. #88878c
  10. #848386
  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 #a7a4af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9da6bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ea6bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7a6aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3a4bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3a4bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8a4b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa2bc {
  color: #aaa2bc;
}
Background
.bg-aaa2bc {
  background-color: #aaa2bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa2bc {
  border: 2px solid #aaa2bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa2bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 162 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 16% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa2bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa2bc, #b7a2bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa2bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 162 188 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 4.83 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 5.61 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.22 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.38 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.48 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.56 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 11.17 #555d43 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#aaa2bc  rgb(170, 162, 188)  hsl(258, 16%, 69%)  Pastel Purple
#b4bca2  rgb(180, 188, 162)  hsl(78, 16%, 69%)  Ash Gray
#bcaaa2  rgb(188, 170, 162)  hsl(18, 16%, 69%)  Silver Pink
#a2bcaa  rgb(162, 188, 170)  hsl(138, 16%, 69%)  Opal