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#CE99FB

#ce99fb ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ce99fb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.93% cyan, 39.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 272.45°, with 92.45% saturation and 79.22% 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 9.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 6.25.

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Relative luminance0.4287

Complementary

  1. #ce99fb
  2. #c6fb99

Split complementary

  1. #ce99fb
  2. #f7fb99
  3. #99fb9d

Analogous

  1. #9d99fb
  2. #ce99fb
  3. #fb99f7

Triadic

  1. #ce99fb
  2. #fbce99
  3. #99fbce

Tetradic

  1. #ce99fb
  2. #fb99c6
  3. #c6fb99
  4. #99fbce

Square

  1. #ce99fb
  2. #fb9d99
  3. #c6fb99
  4. #99f7fb

Monochromatic

  1. #8709f2
  2. #ab4ff8
  3. #ce99fb
  4. #f1e3fe
  5. #f6ebfe

Shades

#ce99fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce99fb
  2. #b98ae2
  3. #a57ac9
  4. #906bb0
  5. #7c5c97
  6. #674d7e
  7. #523d64
  8. #3e2e4b
  9. #291f32
  10. #150f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce99fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce99fb
  2. #d3a3fb
  3. #d8adfc
  4. #ddb8fc
  5. #e2c2fd
  6. #e7ccfd
  7. #ebd6fd
  8. #f0e0fe
  9. #f5ebfe
  10. #faf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce99fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce99fb
  2. #c697ef
  3. #be94e2
  4. #b792d6
  5. #af8fca
  6. #a78dbe
  7. #9f8ab1
  8. #9788a5
  9. #908599
  10. #88838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bca7d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84adff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90b0f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8a8be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7a5fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ada7f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #caa2d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce99fb {
  color: #ce99fb;
}
Background
.bg-ce99fb {
  background-color: #ce99fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce99fb {
  border: 2px solid #ce99fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce99fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 153 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 92% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce99fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce99fb, #fb99f7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce99fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 153 251 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.25 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.08 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.03 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.62 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.74 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.81 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 10.52 #316604 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Mauve
#ce99fb  rgb(206, 153, 251)  hsl(272, 92%, 79%)  Mauve
#c6fb99  rgb(198, 251, 153)  hsl(92, 92%, 79%)  Pale Green
#fbce99  rgb(251, 206, 153)  hsl(32, 92%, 79%)  Peach Orange
#99fbce  rgb(153, 251, 206)  hsl(152, 92%, 79%)  Aquamarine