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#C299FE

#c299fe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c299fe is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 60% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.62% cyan, 39.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 264.36°, with 98.06% saturation and 79.8% 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 9.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.89.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4141

Complementary

  1. #c299fe
  2. #d5fe99

Split complementary

  1. #c299fe
  2. #fef599
  3. #a2fe99

Analogous

  1. #99a2fe
  2. #c299fe
  3. #f599fe

Triadic

  1. #c299fe
  2. #fec299
  3. #99fec2

Tetradic

  1. #c299fe
  2. #fe99d5
  3. #d5fe99
  4. #99fec2

Square

  1. #c299fe
  2. #fe99a2
  3. #d5fe99
  4. #99fef5

Monochromatic

  1. #6802fc
  2. #954dfd
  3. #c299fe
  4. #efe5ff
  5. #f3ebff

Shades

#c299fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c299fe
  2. #af8ae5
  3. #9b7acb
  4. #886bb2
  5. #745c98
  6. #614d7f
  7. #4e3d66
  8. #3a2e4c
  9. #271f33
  10. #130f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#c299fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c299fe
  2. #c8a3fe
  3. #ceadfe
  4. #d4b8fe
  5. #dac2fe
  6. #e1ccff
  7. #e7d6ff
  8. #ede0ff
  9. #f3ebff
  10. #f9f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c299fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c299fe
  2. #bb97f1
  3. #b594e5
  4. #ae92d8
  5. #a88fcc
  6. #a18dbf
  7. #9a8ab2
  8. #9488a6
  9. #8d8599
  10. #87838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5a5d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80acff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88acfb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7aabf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fa5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2a5fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bca3db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c299fe {
  color: #c299fe;
}
Background
.bg-c299fe {
  background-color: #c299fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c299fe {
  border: 2px solid #c299fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c299fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 153 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 98% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c299fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c299fe, #f599fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c299fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 153 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.89 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.07 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.47 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.08 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.96 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.06 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 12.77 #3d6601 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Mauve
#c299fe  rgb(194, 153, 254)  hsl(264, 98%, 80%)  Mauve
#d5fe99  rgb(213, 254, 153)  hsl(84, 98%, 80%)  Inchworm
#fec299  rgb(254, 194, 153)  hsl(24, 98%, 80%)  Apricot
#99fec2  rgb(153, 254, 194)  hsl(144, 98%, 80%)  Aquamarine