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#C8A4FA

#c8a4fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8a4fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 64.31% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 34.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 265.12°, with 89.58% saturation and 81.18% 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 10.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 5.11.

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Relative luminance0.4573

Complementary

  1. #c8a4fa
  2. #d6faa4

Split complementary

  1. #c8a4fa
  2. #faf3a4
  3. #abfaa4

Analogous

  1. #a4abfa
  2. #c8a4fa
  3. #f3a4fa

Triadic

  1. #c8a4fa
  2. #fac8a4
  3. #a4fac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a4fa
  2. #faa4d6
  3. #d6faa4
  4. #a4fac8

Square

  1. #c8a4fa
  2. #faa4ab
  3. #d6faa4
  4. #a4faf3

Monochromatic

  1. #7013f2
  2. #9c5cf6
  3. #c8a4fa
  4. #f3ecfe
  5. #f3ecfe

Shades

#c8a4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a4fa
  2. #b494e1
  3. #a083c8
  4. #8c73af
  5. #786296
  6. #64527d
  7. #504264
  8. #3c314b
  9. #282132
  10. #141019
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a4fa
  2. #ceadfb
  3. #d3b6fb
  4. #d9bffc
  5. #dec8fc
  6. #e4d2fd
  7. #e9dbfd
  8. #efe4fe
  9. #f4edfe
  10. #faf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a4fa
  2. #c1a0ee
  3. #ba9de2
  4. #b299d5
  5. #ab96c9
  6. #a492bd
  7. #9d8eb1
  8. #968ba5
  9. #8e8798
  10. #87848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcaed4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91b3fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98b4f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0b1c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaadfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adaef9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3acdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a4fa {
  color: #c8a4fa;
}
Background
.bg-c8a4fa {
  background-color: #c8a4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a4fa {
  border: 2px solid #c8a4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 164 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 90% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a4fa, #f3a4fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 164 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.11 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.40 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.13 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.13 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.53 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.65 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.67 #375b05 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Mauve
#c8a4fa  rgb(200, 164, 250)  hsl(265, 90%, 81%)  Mauve
#d6faa4  rgb(214, 250, 164)  hsl(85, 90%, 81%)  Tea Green
#fac8a4  rgb(250, 200, 164)  hsl(25, 90%, 81%)  Apricot
#a4fac8  rgb(164, 250, 200)  hsl(145, 90%, 81%)  Magic Mint