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#C8A6FA

#c8a6fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8a6fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 65.1% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 33.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 264.29°, with 89.36% saturation and 81.57% 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 10.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 4.95.

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Relative luminance0.4645

Complementary

  1. #c8a6fa
  2. #d8faa6

Split complementary

  1. #c8a6fa
  2. #faf2a6
  3. #aefaa6

Analogous

  1. #a6aefa
  2. #c8a6fa
  3. #f2a6fa

Triadic

  1. #c8a6fa
  2. #fac8a6
  3. #a6fac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a6fa
  2. #faa6d8
  3. #d8faa6
  4. #a6fac8

Square

  1. #c8a6fa
  2. #faa6ae
  3. #d8faa6
  4. #a6faf2

Monochromatic

  1. #6e15f2
  2. #9b5ef6
  3. #c8a6fa
  4. #f3ecfe
  5. #f3ecfe

Shades

#c8a6fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a6fa
  2. #b495e1
  3. #a085c8
  4. #8c74af
  5. #786496
  6. #64537d
  7. #504264
  8. #3c324b
  9. #282132
  10. #141119
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a6fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a6fa
  2. #ceaffb
  3. #d3b8fb
  4. #d9c1fc
  5. #decafc
  6. #e4d3fd
  7. #e9dbfd
  8. #efe4fe
  9. #f4edfe
  10. #faf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a6fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a6fa
  2. #c1a2ee
  3. #ba9ee2
  4. #b29bd5
  5. #ab97c9
  6. #a493bd
  7. #9d8fb1
  8. #968ba5
  9. #8e8898
  10. #87848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdafd4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93b5fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab5f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0b3c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abaffc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aeaff9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3aedc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a6fa {
  color: #c8a6fa;
}
Background
.bg-c8a6fa {
  background-color: #c8a6fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a6fa {
  border: 2px solid #c8a6fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a6fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 166 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 89% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a6fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a6fa, #f2a6fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a6fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 166 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.95 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.38 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.19 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.60 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.98 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.54 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.85 #375905 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Mauve
#c8a6fa  rgb(200, 166, 250)  hsl(264, 89%, 82%)  Mauve
#d8faa6  rgb(216, 250, 166)  hsl(84, 89%, 82%)  Tea Green
#fac8a6  rgb(250, 200, 166)  hsl(24, 89%, 82%)  Apricot
#a6fac8  rgb(166, 250, 200)  hsl(144, 89%, 82%)  Magic Mint