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#CE99FF

#ce99ff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ce99ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.22% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 271.18°, with 100% saturation and 80% 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 9.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 6.55.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4312

Complementary

  1. #ce99ff
  2. #caff99

Split complementary

  1. #ce99ff
  2. #fdff99
  3. #99ff9b

Analogous

  1. #9b99ff
  2. #ce99ff
  3. #ff99fd

Triadic

  1. #ce99ff
  2. #ffce99
  3. #99ffce

Tetradic

  1. #ce99ff
  2. #ff99ca
  3. #caff99
  4. #99ffce

Square

  1. #ce99ff
  2. #ff9b99
  3. #caff99
  4. #99fdff

Monochromatic

  1. #8500ff
  2. #a94dff
  3. #ce99ff
  4. #f3e5ff
  5. #f5ebff

Shades

#ce99ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce99ff
  2. #b98ae6
  3. #a57acc
  4. #906bb3
  5. #7c5c99
  6. #674d80
  7. #523d66
  8. #3e2e4d
  9. #291f33
  10. #150f1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce99ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce99ff
  2. #d3a3ff
  3. #d8adff
  4. #ddb8ff
  5. #e2c2ff
  6. #e7ccff
  7. #ebd6ff
  8. #f0e0ff
  9. #f5ebff
  10. #faf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce99ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce99ff
  2. #c697f2
  3. #be94e6
  4. #b792d9
  5. #af8fcc
  6. #a78dc0
  7. #9f8ab3
  8. #9788a6
  9. #908599
  10. #88838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bca7d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82adff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fb0fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7a9c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6a6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aca7fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #caa3dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce99ff {
  color: #ce99ff;
}
Background
.bg-ce99ff {
  background-color: #ce99ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce99ff {
  border: 2px solid #ce99ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce99ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 153 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce99ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce99ff, #ff99fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce99ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 153 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.55 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.74 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.26 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.76 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.93 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.40 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 10.64 #316600 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Mauve
#ce99ff  rgb(206, 153, 255)  hsl(271, 100%, 80%)  Mauve
#caff99  rgb(202, 255, 153)  hsl(91, 100%, 80%)  Mint Green
#ffce99  rgb(255, 206, 153)  hsl(31, 100%, 80%)  Peach Orange
#99ffce  rgb(153, 255, 206)  hsl(151, 100%, 80%)  Aquamarine