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#CCAFFE

#ccaffe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ccaffe is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.69% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 262.03°, 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 11.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 4.4.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.5065

Complementary

  1. #ccaffe
  2. #e1feaf

Split complementary

  1. #ccaffe
  2. #fef4af
  3. #bafeaf

Analogous

  1. #afbafe
  2. #ccaffe
  3. #f4affe

Triadic

  1. #ccaffe
  2. #feccaf
  3. #affecc

Tetradic

  1. #ccaffe
  2. #feafe1
  3. #e1feaf
  4. #affecc

Square

  1. #ccaffe
  2. #feafba
  3. #e1feaf
  4. #affef4

Monochromatic

  1. #6c18fc
  2. #9c63fd
  3. #ccaffe
  4. #f2ebff
  5. #f2ebff

Shades

#ccaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ccaffe
  2. #b89ee5
  3. #a38ccb
  4. #8f7bb2
  5. #7a6998
  6. #66587f
  7. #524666
  8. #3d354c
  9. #292333
  10. #141219
  11. #000000

Tints

#ccaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ccaffe
  2. #d1b7fe
  3. #d6bffe
  4. #dbc7fe
  5. #e0cffe
  6. #e6d7ff
  7. #ebdfff
  8. #f0e7ff
  9. #f5efff
  10. #faf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ccaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ccaffe
  2. #c4aaf1
  3. #bda6e5
  4. #b5a1d8
  5. #ae9ccc
  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 11.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3b7da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ebcff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3bcfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3bbcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2b7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5b7fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7b6e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ccaffe {
  color: #ccaffe;
}
Background
.bg-ccaffe {
  background-color: #ccaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ccaffe {
  border: 2px solid #ccaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ccaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 262 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ccaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ccaffe, #f4affe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ccaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.40 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.03 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.94 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.68 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.49 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.61 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.44 #335001 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Mauve
#ccaffe  rgb(204, 175, 254)  hsl(262, 98%, 84%)  Mauve
#e1feaf  rgb(225, 254, 175)  hsl(82, 98%, 84%)  Tea Green
#feccaf  rgb(254, 204, 175)  hsl(22, 98%, 84%)  Apricot
#affecc  rgb(175, 254, 204)  hsl(142, 98%, 84%)  Magic Mint