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#BEAFFE

#beaffe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#beaffe is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 251.39°, 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 10.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.79.

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Relative luminance0.4876

Complementary

  1. #beaffe
  2. #effeaf

Split complementary

  1. #beaffe
  2. #fee6af
  3. #c8feaf

Analogous

  1. #afc8fe
  2. #beaffe
  3. #e6affe

Triadic

  1. #beaffe
  2. #febeaf
  3. #affebe

Tetradic

  1. #beaffe
  2. #feafef
  3. #effeaf
  4. #affebe

Square

  1. #beaffe
  2. #feafc8
  3. #effeaf
  4. #affee6

Monochromatic

  1. #4318fc
  2. #8163fd
  3. #beaffe
  4. #efebff
  5. #efebff

Shades

#beaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #beaffe
  2. #ab9ee5
  3. #988ccb
  4. #857bb2
  5. #726998
  6. #5f587f
  7. #4c4666
  8. #39354c
  9. #262333
  10. #131219
  11. #000000

Tints

#beaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #beaffe
  2. #c5b7fe
  3. #cbbffe
  4. #d2c7fe
  5. #d8cffe
  6. #dfd7ff
  7. #e5dfff
  8. #ece7ff
  9. #f2efff
  10. #f9f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#beaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #beaffe
  2. #b8aaf1
  3. #b2a6e5
  4. #aba1d8
  5. #a59ccc
  6. #9f98bf
  7. #9993b2
  8. #938ea6
  9. #8c8999
  10. #86858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbb5d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bbbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cb8fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0bccb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aab6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abb4fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6b7e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-beaffe {
  color: #beaffe;
}
Background
.bg-beaffe {
  background-color: #beaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-beaffe {
  border: 2px solid #beaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #beaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-beaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #beaffe, #e6affe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-beaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.79 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.12 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.25 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.26 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.47 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.56 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 13.32 #415001 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Mauve
#beaffe  rgb(190, 175, 254)  hsl(251, 98%, 84%)  Mauve
#effeaf  rgb(239, 254, 175)  hsl(71, 98%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#febeaf  rgb(254, 190, 175)  hsl(11, 98%, 84%)  Melon
#affebe  rgb(175, 254, 190)  hsl(131, 98%, 84%)  Granny Smith Apple