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#CBAFFE

#cbaffe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#cbaffe is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.08% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 261.27°, 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 11.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 4.64.

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Relative luminance0.5051

Complementary

  1. #cbaffe
  2. #e2feaf

Split complementary

  1. #cbaffe
  2. #fef3af
  3. #bbfeaf

Analogous

  1. #afbbfe
  2. #cbaffe
  3. #f3affe

Triadic

  1. #cbaffe
  2. #fecbaf
  3. #affecb

Tetradic

  1. #cbaffe
  2. #feafe2
  3. #e2feaf
  4. #affecb

Square

  1. #cbaffe
  2. #feafbb
  3. #e2feaf
  4. #affef3

Monochromatic

  1. #6918fc
  2. #9a63fd
  3. #cbaffe
  4. #f2ebff
  5. #f2ebff

Shades

#cbaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbaffe
  2. #b79ee5
  3. #a28ccb
  4. #8e7bb2
  5. #7a6998
  6. #66587f
  7. #514666
  8. #3d354c
  9. #292333
  10. #141219
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbaffe
  2. #d0b7fe
  3. #d5bffe
  4. #dbc7fe
  5. #e0cffe
  6. #e5d7ff
  7. #eadfff
  8. #efe7ff
  9. #f5efff
  10. #faf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbaffe
  2. #c4aaf1
  3. #bca6e5
  4. #b5a1d8
  5. #ad9ccc
  6. #a698bf
  7. #9e93b2
  8. #978ea6
  9. #8f8999
  10. #88858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2b7da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9dbcff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2bcfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2bbcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1b7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4b7fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6b6e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbaffe {
  color: #cbaffe;
}
Background
.bg-cbaffe {
  background-color: #cbaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbaffe {
  border: 2px solid #cbaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbaffe, #f3affe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.64 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.16 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.85 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.87 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.31 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.71 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.28 #345001 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Mauve
#cbaffe  rgb(203, 175, 254)  hsl(261, 98%, 84%)  Mauve
#e2feaf  rgb(226, 254, 175)  hsl(81, 98%, 84%)  Tea Green
#fecbaf  rgb(254, 203, 175)  hsl(21, 98%, 84%)  Apricot
#affecb  rgb(175, 254, 203)  hsl(141, 98%, 84%)  Magic Mint