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#C8A9FA

#c8a9fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8a9fa is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 66.27% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 32.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 262.96°, with 89.01% saturation and 82.16% 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 10.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 4.83.

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Relative luminance0.4756

Complementary

  1. #c8a9fa
  2. #dbfaa9

Split complementary

  1. #c8a9fa
  2. #faf0a9
  3. #b3faa9

Analogous

  1. #a9b3fa
  2. #c8a9fa
  3. #f0a9fa

Triadic

  1. #c8a9fa
  2. #fac8a9
  3. #a9fac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a9fa
  2. #faa9db
  3. #dbfaa9
  4. #a9fac8

Square

  1. #c8a9fa
  2. #faa9b3
  3. #dbfaa9
  4. #a9faf0

Monochromatic

  1. #6c18f2
  2. #9a61f6
  3. #c8a9fa
  4. #f3ecfe
  5. #f3ecfe

Shades

#c8a9fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a9fa
  2. #b498e1
  3. #a087c8
  4. #8c76af
  5. #786596
  6. #64557d
  7. #504464
  8. #3c334b
  9. #282232
  10. #141119
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a9fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a9fa
  2. #ceb2fb
  3. #d3bafb
  4. #d9c3fc
  5. #decbfc
  6. #e4d4fd
  7. #e9ddfd
  8. #efe5fe
  9. #f4eefe
  10. #faf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a9fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a9fa
  2. #c1a5ee
  3. #baa1e2
  4. #b29dd5
  5. #ab99c9
  6. #a495bd
  7. #9d90b1
  8. #968ca5
  9. #8e8898
  10. #87848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beb2d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97b7fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9db7f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bfb6c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adb2fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0b2f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3b1dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a9fa {
  color: #c8a9fa;
}
Background
.bg-c8a9fa {
  background-color: #c8a9fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a9fa {
  border: 2px solid #c8a9fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a9fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 169 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 263 89% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a9fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a9fa, #f0a9fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a9fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 169 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.83 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.44 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.34 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.15 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.33 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.40 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.44 #375605 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Mauve
#c8a9fa  rgb(200, 169, 250)  hsl(263, 89%, 82%)  Mauve
#dbfaa9  rgb(219, 250, 169)  hsl(83, 89%, 82%)  Tea Green
#fac8a9  rgb(250, 200, 169)  hsl(23, 89%, 82%)  Apricot
#a9fac8  rgb(169, 250, 200)  hsl(143, 89%, 82%)  Magic Mint