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#bfaffe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bfaffe is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.8% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 252.15°, 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 10.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.55.

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Relative luminance0.4889

Complementary

  1. #bfaffe
  2. #eefeaf

Split complementary

  1. #bfaffe
  2. #fee7af
  3. #c7feaf

Analogous

  1. #afc7fe
  2. #bfaffe
  3. #e7affe

Triadic

  1. #bfaffe
  2. #febfaf
  3. #affebf

Tetradic

  1. #bfaffe
  2. #feafee
  3. #eefeaf
  4. #affebf

Square

  1. #bfaffe
  2. #feafc7
  3. #eefeaf
  4. #affee7

Monochromatic

  1. #4618fc
  2. #8363fd
  3. #bfaffe
  4. #efebff
  5. #efebff

Shades

#bfaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfaffe
  2. #ac9ee5
  3. #998ccb
  4. #867bb2
  5. #736998
  6. #60587f
  7. #4c4666
  8. #39354c
  9. #262333
  10. #131219
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfaffe
  2. #c5b7fe
  3. #ccbffe
  4. #d2c7fe
  5. #d9cffe
  6. #dfd7ff
  7. #e5dfff
  8. #ece7ff
  9. #f2efff
  10. #f9f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfaffe
  2. #b9aaf1
  3. #b2a6e5
  4. #aca1d8
  5. #a69ccc
  6. #a098bf
  7. #9993b2
  8. #938ea6
  9. #8d8999
  10. #86858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb5d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bbbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cb8fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2bccb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abb6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abb5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7b7e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfaffe {
  color: #bfaffe;
}
Background
.bg-bfaffe {
  background-color: #bfaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfaffe {
  border: 2px solid #bfaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfaffe, #e7affe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.55 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.14 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.06 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.40 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.59 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.34 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 13.20 #405001 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Mauve
#bfaffe  rgb(191, 175, 254)  hsl(252, 98%, 84%)  Mauve
#eefeaf  rgb(238, 254, 175)  hsl(72, 98%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#febfaf  rgb(254, 191, 175)  hsl(12, 98%, 84%)  Melon
#affebf  rgb(175, 254, 191)  hsl(132, 98%, 84%)  Granny Smith Apple