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#BBADFA

#bbadfa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bbadfa is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 67.84% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 30.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 250.91°, with 88.51% saturation and 82.94% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.09.

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Relative luminance0.4735

Complementary

  1. #bbadfa
  2. #ecfaad

Split complementary

  1. #bbadfa
  2. #fae1ad
  3. #c5faad

Analogous

  1. #adc5fa
  2. #bbadfa
  3. #e1adfa

Triadic

  1. #bbadfa
  2. #fabbad
  3. #adfabb

Tetradic

  1. #bbadfa
  2. #faadec
  3. #ecfaad
  4. #adfabb

Square

  1. #bbadfa
  2. #faadc5
  3. #ecfaad
  4. #adfae1

Monochromatic

  1. #431df1
  2. #7f65f6
  3. #bbadfa
  4. #efecfe
  5. #efecfe

Shades

#bbadfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbadfa
  2. #a89ce1
  3. #968ac8
  4. #8379af
  5. #706896
  6. #5e577d
  7. #4b4564
  8. #38344b
  9. #252332
  10. #131119
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbadfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbadfa
  2. #c2b5fb
  3. #c9bdfb
  4. #cfc6fc
  5. #d6cefc
  6. #ddd6fd
  7. #e4defd
  8. #ebe6fe
  9. #f1effe
  10. #f8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbadfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbadfa
  2. #b5a9ee
  3. #afa4e2
  4. #a9a0d5
  5. #a39bc9
  6. #9e97bd
  7. #9892b1
  8. #928ea5
  9. #8c8998
  10. #86858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b3d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99b8fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab6f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aebac9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8b4fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8b2f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3b5de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbadfa {
  color: #bbadfa;
}
Background
.bg-bbadfa {
  background-color: #bbadfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbadfa {
  border: 2px solid #bbadfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbadfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 173 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 89% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbadfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbadfa, #e1adfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbadfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 173 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.09 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.39 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.85 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.01 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.61 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.51 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 13.05 #445205 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Mauve
#bbadfa  rgb(187, 173, 250)  hsl(251, 89%, 83%)  Mauve
#ecfaad  rgb(236, 250, 173)  hsl(71, 89%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#fabbad  rgb(250, 187, 173)  hsl(11, 89%, 83%)  Melon
#adfabb  rgb(173, 250, 187)  hsl(131, 89%, 83%)  Granny Smith Apple