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#C8AFFE

#c8affe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8affe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.26% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 258.99°, with 97.53% saturation and 84.12% 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 11.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 5.35.

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Relative luminance0.501

Complementary

  1. #c8affe
  2. #e5feaf

Split complementary

  1. #c8affe
  2. #fef0af
  3. #befeaf

Analogous

  1. #afbefe
  2. #c8affe
  3. #f0affe

Triadic

  1. #c8affe
  2. #fec8af
  3. #affec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8affe
  2. #feafe5
  3. #e5feaf
  4. #affec8

Square

  1. #c8affe
  2. #feafbe
  3. #e5feaf
  4. #affef0

Monochromatic

  1. #6018fc
  2. #9463fd
  3. #c8affe
  4. #f1ebff
  5. #f1ebff

Shades

#c8affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8affe
  2. #b49ee5
  3. #a08ccb
  4. #8c7bb2
  5. #786998
  6. #64587f
  7. #504666
  8. #3c354c
  9. #282333
  10. #141219
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8affe
  2. #ceb7fe
  3. #d3bffe
  4. #d9c7fe
  5. #decffe
  6. #e4d7ff
  7. #e9dfff
  8. #efe7ff
  9. #f4efff
  10. #faf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8affe
  2. #c1aaf1
  3. #baa6e5
  4. #b2a1d8
  5. #ab9ccc
  6. #a498bf
  7. #9d93b2
  8. #968ea6
  9. #8e8999
  10. #87858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1b7d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9dbcff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1bbfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bebccb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0b7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2b6fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2b7e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8affe {
  color: #c8affe;
}
Background
.bg-c8affe {
  background-color: #c8affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8affe {
  border: 2px solid #c8affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8affe, #f0affe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.35 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.56 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.58 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.46 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.79 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.82 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.04 #375001 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Mauve
#c8affe  rgb(200, 175, 254)  hsl(259, 98%, 84%)  Mauve
#e5feaf  rgb(229, 254, 175)  hsl(79, 98%, 84%)  Tea Green
#fec8af  rgb(254, 200, 175)  hsl(19, 98%, 84%)  Apricot
#affec8  rgb(175, 254, 200)  hsl(139, 98%, 84%)  Magic Mint