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#CE99FC

#ce99fc ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ce99fc 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 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.25% cyan, 39.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 272.12°, with 94.29% saturation and 79.41% 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 9.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 6.32.

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Relative luminance0.4293

Complementary

  1. #ce99fc
  2. #c7fc99

Split complementary

  1. #ce99fc
  2. #f9fc99
  3. #99fc9c

Analogous

  1. #9c99fc
  2. #ce99fc
  3. #fc99f9

Triadic

  1. #ce99fc
  2. #fcce99
  3. #99fcce

Tetradic

  1. #ce99fc
  2. #fc99c7
  3. #c7fc99
  4. #99fcce

Square

  1. #ce99fc
  2. #fc9c99
  3. #c7fc99
  4. #99f9fc

Monochromatic

  1. #8607f5
  2. #aa4ffa
  3. #ce99fc
  4. #f2e3fe
  5. #f5ebfe

Shades

#ce99fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce99fc
  2. #b98ae3
  3. #a57aca
  4. #906bb0
  5. #7c5c97
  6. #674d7e
  7. #523d65
  8. #3e2e4c
  9. #291f32
  10. #150f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce99fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce99fc
  2. #d3a3fc
  3. #d8adfd
  4. #ddb8fd
  5. #e2c2fd
  6. #e7ccfe
  7. #ebd6fe
  8. #f0e0fe
  9. #f5ebfe
  10. #faf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce99fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce99fc
  2. #c697f0
  3. #be94e3
  4. #b792d7
  5. #af8fca
  6. #a78dbe
  7. #9f8ab2
  8. #9788a5
  9. #908599
  10. #88838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.59:1 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 #90b0f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8a8bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7a5fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aca7fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #caa2da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce99fc {
  color: #ce99fc;
}
Background
.bg-ce99fc {
  background-color: #ce99fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce99fc {
  border: 2px solid #ce99fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce99fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 153 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 94% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce99fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce99fc, #fc99f9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce99fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 153 252 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.32 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.24 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.08 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.69 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.79 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.91 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 10.55 #316603 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Mauve
#ce99fc  rgb(206, 153, 252)  hsl(272, 94%, 79%)  Mauve
#c7fc99  rgb(199, 252, 153)  hsl(92, 94%, 79%)  Pale Green
#fcce99  rgb(252, 206, 153)  hsl(32, 94%, 79%)  Peach Orange
#99fcce  rgb(153, 252, 206)  hsl(152, 94%, 79%)  Aquamarine