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#c8aefe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8aefe 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, 68.24% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.26% cyan, 31.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 259.5°, with 97.56% saturation and 83.92% 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 10.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 5.28.

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Relative luminance0.4971

Complementary

  1. #c8aefe
  2. #e4feae

Split complementary

  1. #c8aefe
  2. #fef0ae
  3. #bcfeae

Analogous

  1. #aebcfe
  2. #c8aefe
  3. #f0aefe

Triadic

  1. #c8aefe
  2. #fec8ae
  3. #aefec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8aefe
  2. #feaee4
  3. #e4feae
  4. #aefec8

Square

  1. #c8aefe
  2. #feaebc
  3. #e4feae
  4. #aefef0

Monochromatic

  1. #6117fc
  2. #9562fd
  3. #c8aefe
  4. #f1ebff
  5. #f1ebff

Shades

#c8aefe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8aefe
  2. #b49de5
  3. #a08bcb
  4. #8c7ab2
  5. #786898
  6. #64577f
  7. #504666
  8. #3c344c
  9. #282333
  10. #141119
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8aefe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8aefe
  2. #ceb6fe
  3. #d3befe
  4. #d9c6fe
  5. #decefe
  6. #e4d7ff
  7. #e9dfff
  8. #efe7ff
  9. #f4efff
  10. #faf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8aefe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8aefe
  2. #c1a9f1
  3. #baa5e5
  4. #b2a0d8
  5. #ab9ccc
  6. #a497bf
  7. #9d92b2
  8. #968ea6
  9. #8e8999
  10. #87858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0b6d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cbbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0bafc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bebbcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afb6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1b6fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2b6e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8aefe {
  color: #c8aefe;
}
Background
.bg-c8aefe {
  background-color: #c8aefe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8aefe {
  border: 2px solid #c8aefe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8aefe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 174 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8aefe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8aefe, #f0aefe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8aefe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 174 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.28 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.47 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.87 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.35 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.90 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.92 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.04 #375101 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Mauve
#c8aefe  rgb(200, 174, 254)  hsl(260, 98%, 84%)  Mauve
#e4feae  rgb(228, 254, 174)  hsl(80, 98%, 84%)  Tea Green
#fec8ae  rgb(254, 200, 174)  hsl(20, 98%, 84%)  Apricot
#aefec8  rgb(174, 254, 200)  hsl(140, 98%, 84%)  Magic Mint