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#CE99FA

#ce99fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ce99fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 60% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.6% cyan, 38.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 272.78°, with 90.65% saturation and 79.02% 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 9.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 6.18.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4281

Complementary

  1. #ce99fa
  2. #c5fa99

Split complementary

  1. #ce99fa
  2. #f6fa99
  3. #99fa9d

Analogous

  1. #9d99fa
  2. #ce99fa
  3. #fa99f6

Triadic

  1. #ce99fa
  2. #face99
  3. #99face

Tetradic

  1. #ce99fa
  2. #fa99c5
  3. #c5fa99
  4. #99face

Square

  1. #ce99fa
  2. #fa9d99
  3. #c5fa99
  4. #99f6fa

Monochromatic

  1. #880cee
  2. #ab50f6
  3. #ce99fa
  4. #f1e2fe
  5. #f6ecfe

Shades

#ce99fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce99fa
  2. #b98ae1
  3. #a57ac8
  4. #906baf
  5. #7c5c96
  6. #674d7d
  7. #523d64
  8. #3e2e4b
  9. #291f32
  10. #150f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce99fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce99fa
  2. #d3a3fb
  3. #d8adfb
  4. #ddb8fc
  5. #e2c2fc
  6. #e7ccfd
  7. #ebd6fd
  8. #f0e0fe
  9. #f5ebfe
  10. #faf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce99fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce99fa
  2. #c697ee
  3. #be94e2
  4. #b792d5
  5. #af8fc9
  6. #a78dbd
  7. #9f8ab1
  8. #9788a5
  9. #908598
  10. #88838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bca7d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85adfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91b0f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8a8be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7a5fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ada7f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cba2d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce99fa {
  color: #ce99fa;
}
Background
.bg-ce99fa {
  background-color: #ce99fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce99fa {
  border: 2px solid #ce99fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce99fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 153 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 91% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce99fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce99fa, #fa99f6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce99fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 153 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.18 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.91 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.99 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.55 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.58 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.83 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 10.50 #316605 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Mauve
#ce99fa  rgb(206, 153, 250)  hsl(273, 91%, 79%)  Mauve
#c5fa99  rgb(197, 250, 153)  hsl(93, 91%, 79%)  Pale Green
#face99  rgb(250, 206, 153)  hsl(33, 91%, 79%)  Peach Orange
#99face  rgb(153, 250, 206)  hsl(153, 91%, 79%)  Aquamarine