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#AAA3BB

#aaa3bb ≈ Pastel Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaa3bb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 63.92% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.09% cyan, 12.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 257.5°, with 15% 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 8.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Purple (#b39eb5), ΔE 5.16.

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Relative luminance0.3833

Complementary

  1. #aaa3bb
  2. #b4bba3

Split complementary

  1. #aaa3bb
  2. #bbb6a3
  3. #a8bba3

Analogous

  1. #a3a8bb
  2. #aaa3bb
  3. #b6a3bb

Triadic

  1. #aaa3bb
  2. #bbaaa3
  3. #a3bbaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa3bb
  2. #bba3b4
  3. #b4bba3
  4. #a3bbaa

Square

  1. #aaa3bb
  2. #bba3a8
  3. #b4bba3
  4. #a3bbb6

Monochromatic

  1. #5c5471
  2. #81779a
  3. #aaa3bb
  4. #d3cfdc
  5. #f4f3f6

Shades

#aaa3bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa3bb
  2. #9993a8
  3. #888296
  4. #777283
  5. #666270
  6. #55525e
  7. #44414b
  8. #333138
  9. #222125
  10. #111013
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa3bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa3bb
  2. #b3acc2
  3. #bbb5c9
  4. #c4bfcf
  5. #ccc8d6
  6. #d5d1dd
  7. #dddae4
  8. #e6e3eb
  9. #eeedf1
  10. #f7f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa3bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa3bb
  2. #a6a0b5
  3. #a29caf
  4. #9d99a9
  5. #9995a3
  6. #95929e
  7. #918e98
  8. #8d8b92
  9. #88878c
  10. #848486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a5af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa6bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0a6ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7a6ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3a5bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4a5bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8a5b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa3bb {
  color: #aaa3bb;
}
Background
.bg-aaa3bb {
  background-color: #aaa3bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa3bb {
  border: 2px solid #aaa3bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa3bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 163 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 15% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa3bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa3bb, #b6a3bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa3bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 163 187 / 0.35);
}

#b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 5.16 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 5.63 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.05 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.25 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.06 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.62 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.90 #555c44 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Pastel Purple
#aaa3bb  rgb(170, 163, 187)  hsl(258, 15%, 69%)  Pastel Purple
#b4bba3  rgb(180, 187, 163)  hsl(78, 15%, 69%)  Ash Gray
#bbaaa3  rgb(187, 170, 163)  hsl(18, 15%, 69%)  Silver Pink
#a3bbaa  rgb(163, 187, 170)  hsl(138, 15%, 69%)  Opal