Information about #A28EDE color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #A28EDE reads as a clearly saturated twilight violet and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Unicorn (#9F90D0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dull Lavender (#A899E6) and Light Persian Blue (#968BE7).
The recipe behind #A28EDE is rgb(162, 142, 222), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #A28EDE background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 7.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.8:1. No one has named #A28EDE so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#A28EDE color variations
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#A28EDE color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A28EDE color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A28EDE color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A28EDE color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A28EDE color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A28EDE color
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Nearest named colors to #A28EDE
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#9F90D0
#A899E6
#968BE7
#AE8BE7
#A285D1
#AE99D2
#8F8CE7
#B19CD9
#9FA2D7
#A29ECD
#B790D4
#AAA4E3
#A28EDE color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A28EDE
- RGB162, 142, 222
- CMYK24, 31, 0, 13
- CSSrgb(162, 142, 222)
- HSL255°, 55%, 71%
- HSL Precise255°, 54.795%, 71.373%
- HSV255°, 36%, 87%
- HSB255°, 36%, 87%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.635
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.557
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.871
- GLSLvec3(0.635, 0.557, 0.871)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.635, 0.557, 0.871, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.635, 0.557, 0.871)
- Percentage of Red in RGB63.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB87.1%
- Color FamilyViolet
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA28EDE
- DECIMAL ID10653406
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
