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#BDAFFE

#bdaffe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bdaffe is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.59% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 250.63°, with 97.53% saturation and 84.12% 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 10.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.04.

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Relative luminance0.4863

Complementary

  1. #bdaffe
  2. #f0feaf

Split complementary

  1. #bdaffe
  2. #fee4af
  3. #c9feaf

Analogous

  1. #afc9fe
  2. #bdaffe
  3. #e4affe

Triadic

  1. #bdaffe
  2. #febdaf
  3. #affebd

Tetradic

  1. #bdaffe
  2. #feaff0
  3. #f0feaf
  4. #affebd

Square

  1. #bdaffe
  2. #feafc9
  3. #f0feaf
  4. #affee4

Monochromatic

  1. #4018fc
  2. #7f63fd
  3. #bdaffe
  4. #eeebff
  5. #eeebff

Shades

#bdaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bdaffe
  2. #aa9ee5
  3. #978ccb
  4. #847bb2
  5. #716998
  6. #5f587f
  7. #4c4666
  8. #39354c
  9. #262333
  10. #131219
  11. #000000

Tints

#bdaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bdaffe
  2. #c4b7fe
  3. #cabffe
  4. #d1c7fe
  5. #d7cffe
  6. #ded7ff
  7. #e5dfff
  8. #ebe7ff
  9. #f2efff
  10. #f8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bdaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bdaffe
  2. #b7aaf1
  3. #b1a6e5
  4. #aba1d8
  5. #a59ccc
  6. #9f98bf
  7. #9893b2
  8. #928ea6
  9. #8c8999
  10. #86858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbb5d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bbaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb8fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afbccb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9b6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aab4fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5b7e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bdaffe {
  color: #bdaffe;
}
Background
.bg-bdaffe {
  background-color: #bdaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bdaffe {
  border: 2px solid #bdaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bdaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bdaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdaffe, #e4affe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bdaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.04 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.11 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.13 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.44 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.35 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.78 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.27 #425001 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Mauve
#bdaffe  rgb(189, 175, 254)  hsl(251, 98%, 84%)  Mauve
#f0feaf  rgb(240, 254, 175)  hsl(71, 98%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#febdaf  rgb(254, 189, 175)  hsl(11, 98%, 84%)  Melon
#affebd  rgb(175, 254, 189)  hsl(131, 98%, 84%)  Granny Smith Apple