Color swatch image showing Pastel Violet (#A18594) with RGB(161,133,148) values

Pastel Violet (#A18594) Color Meaning and Information

Everything you need to know about Pastel Violet (#A18594) including values, color harmonies, shades, meanings, and applications in design, branding, and everyday visuals.

Pastel Violet (#A18594) Color Information

Pastel Violet (#A18594) RGB value is (161, 133, 148). The hex color red value is 161, green is 133, and blue is 148. Its HSL format shows a hue of 328°, saturation of 13 percent, and lightness of 58 percent. The CMYK process values are 0 percent, 17 percent, 8 percent, 37 percent.

Pastel Violet
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Pastel Violet (#A18594) Color Meaning

Pastel Violet (#A18594) conveys muted elegance, historical sentiment, and complex subtlety. This dusty, grayish purple-brown suggests faded tapestry, antique pottery, or shadows in an old garden. Psychologically, Pastel Violet (#A18594) is sophisticated and introspective, encouraging a nuanced understanding of history, memory, and layered emotion. It soothes with its complexity, offering a color space that feels rich with unspoken stories and dignified age. This color is emotionally resonant but quiet and reserved. Symbolically, Pastel Violet (#A18594) represents the patina of experience, beauty that is inseparable from time, and mystery that has been integrated into the everyday. It is the color of a forgotten, leather-bound journal. Culturally, it appears in heritage branding, period film costuming, and museum displays, where it conveys authenticity, depth, and a tangible connection to the past. Pastel Violet (#A18594) provides a visual language for expressing tradition, subtlety, and refined melancholy.

Color Conversion

Convert Pastel Violet (#A18594) across different color models and formats. These conversions help designers work seamlessly between digital and print media, ensuring this color maintains its intended appearance across RGB screens, CMYK printers, and HSL color manipulations.

HEX
#A18594
RGB
rgb(161, 133, 148)
HSL
hsl(328°, 13%, 58%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 17%, 8%, 37%)
HSV
hsv(328°, 17%, 63%)
XYZ
28.4308 26.4902 31.6316
Yxy
26.4902 0.3285 0.3061
Hunter Lab
51.4686 1.5564 -0.4230
CIE-Lab
58.4995 13.2716 -4.0123

RGB Values & CMYK Values

RGB Values

Red161 / 255 (63%)
63%
Green133 / 255 (52%)
52%
Blue148 / 255 (58%)
58%

CMYK Values

Cyan0 / 100 (0%)
Magenta17 / 100 (17%)
17%
Yellow8 / 100 (8%)
Key (Black)37 / 100 (37%)
37%

Color Variations

Pastel Violet (#A18594) harmonies come to life through carefully balanced shades, tints, and tones, giving this color depth and flexibility across light and dark variations. Shades add richness, tints bring an airy softness, and tones soften intensity, making it easy to pair in clean, modern palettes.

Color Harmonies

Pastel Violet (#A18594) harmonies create beautiful relationships with other colors based on their position on the color wheel. Each harmony type offers unique design possibilities, enabling cohesive and visually appealing color schemes.

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the color wheel (30° apart)

Complementary

Colors opposite on the color wheel (180° apart)

Split Complementary

Three colors using one base hue and the two hues beside its opposite

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced (120° apart)

Tetradic

Four colors forming a rectangle on the wheel

Square

Four colors evenly spaced (90° apart)

Double Split

Four colors formed from two base hues and the colors next to their opposites

Monochromatic

Variations of a single hue

Contrast Checker

(WCAG 2.1) Test Pastel Violet (#A18594) for accessibility compliance against white and black backgrounds. Proper contrast ensures this color remains readable and usable for all audiences, meeting WCAG 2.1 standards for both normal and large text applications.

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#A18594

Sample Text

This is how your text will look with these colors.

Large Text (18pt+)

3.33:1
WCAG AA
WCAG AAA

Normal Text

3.33:1
WCAG AA
WCAG AAA

UI Components

3.33:1
WCAG AA
WCAG AAA

Color Blindness Simulator

See how #A18594 appears to people with different types of color vision deficiencies. These simulations help create more inclusive designs that consider how this color is perceived across various visual abilities.

Normal Vision

Pastel Violet (#A18594)

protanopia

#959590

Note: These simulations are approximations. Actual color vision deficiency varies by individual.

CSS Examples

Background Color

background-color: #A18594;

Text Color

color: #A18594;

Sample Text

Border Color

border: 2px solid #A18594;

Box Shadow

box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #A1859440;

Text Shadow

text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #A18594;

Sample Text

Gradient

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #A18594 0%, #624b57 100%);

Pastel Violet (#A18594) Color FAQs

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