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#CE97FF

#ce97ff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ce97ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 59.22% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.22% cyan, 40.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 271.73°, 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 9.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 6.97.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4248

Complementary

  1. #ce97ff
  2. #c8ff97

Split complementary

  1. #ce97ff
  2. #fcff97
  3. #97ff9a

Analogous

  1. #9a97ff
  2. #ce97ff
  3. #ff97fc

Triadic

  1. #ce97ff
  2. #ffce97
  3. #97ffce

Tetradic

  1. #ce97ff
  2. #ff97c8
  3. #c8ff97
  4. #97ffce

Square

  1. #ce97ff
  2. #ff9a97
  3. #c8ff97
  4. #97fcff

Monochromatic

  1. #8600fd
  2. #aa4bff
  3. #ce97ff
  4. #f2e4ff
  5. #f5ebff

Shades

#ce97ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce97ff
  2. #b988e6
  3. #a579cc
  4. #906ab3
  5. #7c5b99
  6. #674c80
  7. #523c66
  8. #3e2d4d
  9. #291e33
  10. #150f1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce97ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce97ff
  2. #d3a1ff
  3. #d8acff
  4. #ddb6ff
  5. #e2c1ff
  6. #e7cbff
  7. #ebd5ff
  8. #f0e0ff
  9. #f5eaff
  10. #faf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce97ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce97ff
  2. #c695f2
  3. #be92e6
  4. #b790d9
  5. #af8ecc
  6. #a78cc0
  7. #9f89b3
  8. #9787a6
  9. #908599
  10. #88828d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bca5d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80acff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8daffc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7a7bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5a4ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aba6fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #caa1dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce97ff {
  color: #ce97ff;
}
Background
.bg-ce97ff {
  background-color: #ce97ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce97ff {
  border: 2px solid #ce97ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce97ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 151 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce97ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce97ff, #ff97fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce97ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 151 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.97 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.94 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.99 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.29 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.65 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.56 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 10.32 #316800 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Mauve
#ce97ff  rgb(206, 151, 255)  hsl(272, 100%, 80%)  Mauve
#c8ff97  rgb(200, 255, 151)  hsl(92, 100%, 80%)  Mint Green
#ffce97  rgb(255, 206, 151)  hsl(32, 100%, 80%)  Peach Orange
#97ffce  rgb(151, 255, 206)  hsl(152, 100%, 80%)  Aquamarine