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#CA97FF

#ca97ff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ca97ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 59.22% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.78% cyan, 40.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 269.42°, with 100% saturation and 79.61% 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 9.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.35.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4191

Complementary

  1. #ca97ff
  2. #ccff97

Split complementary

  1. #ca97ff
  2. #fffe97
  3. #98ff97

Analogous

  1. #9798ff
  2. #ca97ff
  3. #fe97ff

Triadic

  1. #ca97ff
  2. #ffca97
  3. #97ffca

Tetradic

  1. #ca97ff
  2. #ff97cc
  3. #ccff97
  4. #97ffca

Square

  1. #ca97ff
  2. #ff9798
  3. #ccff97
  4. #97fffe

Monochromatic

  1. #7c00fd
  2. #a34bff
  3. #ca97ff
  4. #f1e4ff
  5. #f5ebff

Shades

#ca97ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca97ff
  2. #b688e6
  3. #a279cc
  4. #8d6ab3
  5. #795b99
  6. #654c80
  7. #513c66
  8. #3d2d4d
  9. #281e33
  10. #140f1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca97ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca97ff
  2. #cfa1ff
  3. #d5acff
  4. #dab6ff
  5. #dfc1ff
  6. #e5cbff
  7. #ead5ff
  8. #efe0ff
  9. #f4eaff
  10. #faf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca97ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca97ff
  2. #c395f2
  3. #bb92e6
  4. #b490d9
  5. #ac8ecc
  6. #a58cc0
  7. #9e89b3
  8. #9687a6
  9. #8f8599
  10. #87828d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9a5d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7facff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8aaefc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2a8bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2a4ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8a5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5a1dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca97ff {
  color: #ca97ff;
}
Background
.bg-ca97ff {
  background-color: #ca97ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca97ff {
  border: 2px solid #ca97ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca97ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 151 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca97ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca97ff, #fe97ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca97ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 151 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.35 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.79 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.20 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.67 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.37 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.08 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 11.01 #356800 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Mauve
#ca97ff  rgb(202, 151, 255)  hsl(269, 100%, 80%)  Mauve
#ccff97  rgb(204, 255, 151)  hsl(89, 100%, 80%)  Inchworm
#ffca97  rgb(255, 202, 151)  hsl(29, 100%, 80%)  Peach Orange
#97ffca  rgb(151, 255, 202)  hsl(149, 100%, 80%)  Aquamarine