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#C8AFFC

#c8affc ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8affc 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, 68.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.63% cyan, 30.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 259.48°, with 92.77% saturation and 83.73% 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 10.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 5.21.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4997

Complementary

  1. #c8affc
  2. #e3fcaf

Split complementary

  1. #c8affc
  2. #fcefaf
  3. #bdfcaf

Analogous

  1. #afbdfc
  2. #c8affc
  3. #efaffc

Triadic

  1. #c8affc
  2. #fcc8af
  3. #affcc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8affc
  2. #fcafe3
  3. #e3fcaf
  4. #affcc8

Square

  1. #c8affc
  2. #fcafbd
  3. #e3fcaf
  4. #affcef

Monochromatic

  1. #631cf6
  2. #9565f9
  3. #c8affc
  4. #f1ebfe
  5. #f1ebfe

Shades

#c8affc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8affc
  2. #b49ee3
  3. #a08cca
  4. #8c7bb0
  5. #786997
  6. #64587e
  7. #504665
  8. #3c354c
  9. #282332
  10. #141219
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8affc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8affc
  2. #ceb7fc
  3. #d3bffd
  4. #d9c7fd
  5. #decffd
  6. #e4d7fe
  7. #e9dffe
  8. #efe7fe
  9. #f4effe
  10. #faf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8affc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8affc
  2. #c1aaf0
  3. #baa6e3
  4. #b2a1d7
  5. #ab9cca
  6. #a498be
  7. #9d93b2
  8. #968ea5
  9. #8e8999
  10. #87858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1b7d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ebbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2bbfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bfbbcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0b7fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2b6fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2b6e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8affc {
  color: #c8affc;
}
Background
.bg-c8affc {
  background-color: #c8affc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8affc {
  border: 2px solid #c8affc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8affc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 175 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 93% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8affc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8affc, #efaffc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8affc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 175 252 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.21 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.24 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.51 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.18 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.75 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.66 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.00 #375003 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Mauve
#c8affc  rgb(200, 175, 252)  hsl(259, 93%, 84%)  Mauve
#e3fcaf  rgb(227, 252, 175)  hsl(79, 93%, 84%)  Tea Green
#fcc8af  rgb(252, 200, 175)  hsl(19, 93%, 84%)  Apricot
#affcc8  rgb(175, 252, 200)  hsl(139, 93%, 84%)  Magic Mint