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#C8A0FA

#c8a0fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8a0fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 62.75% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 36% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 266.67°, with 90% saturation and 80.39% 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 9.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 5.59.

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Relative luminance0.4432

Complementary

  1. #c8a0fa
  2. #d2faa0

Split complementary

  1. #c8a0fa
  2. #faf5a0
  3. #a5faa0

Analogous

  1. #a0a5fa
  2. #c8a0fa
  3. #f5a0fa

Triadic

  1. #c8a0fa
  2. #fac8a0
  3. #a0fac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a0fa
  2. #faa0d2
  3. #d2faa0
  4. #a0fac8

Square

  1. #c8a0fa
  2. #faa0a5
  3. #d2faa0
  4. #a0faf5

Monochromatic

  1. #740ff2
  2. #9e57f6
  3. #c8a0fa
  4. #f2e9fe
  5. #f4ecfe

Shades

#c8a0fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a0fa
  2. #b490e1
  3. #a080c8
  4. #8c70af
  5. #786096
  6. #64507d
  7. #504064
  8. #3c304b
  9. #282032
  10. #141019
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a0fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a0fa
  2. #ceaafb
  3. #d3b3fb
  4. #d9bdfc
  5. #dec6fc
  6. #e4d0fd
  7. #e9d9fd
  8. #efe3fe
  9. #f4ecfe
  10. #faf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a0fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a0fa
  2. #c19dee
  3. #ba9ae2
  4. #b296d5
  5. #ab93c9
  6. #a490bd
  7. #9d8db1
  8. #968aa5
  9. #8e8698
  10. #87838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbabd3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cb1fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94b2f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0aec1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7aafc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ababf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3a9da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a0fa {
  color: #c8a0fa;
}
Background
.bg-c8a0fa {
  background-color: #c8a0fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a0fa {
  border: 2px solid #c8a0fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a0fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 160 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 90% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a0fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a0fa, #f5a0fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a0fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 160 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.59 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.58 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.13 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.22 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.84 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.15 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.98 #375f05 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Mauve
#c8a0fa  rgb(200, 160, 250)  hsl(267, 90%, 80%)  Mauve
#d2faa0  rgb(210, 250, 160)  hsl(87, 90%, 80%)  Inchworm
#fac8a0  rgb(250, 200, 160)  hsl(27, 90%, 80%)  Peach Orange
#a0fac8  rgb(160, 250, 200)  hsl(147, 90%, 80%)  Aquamarine