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#CEAFFE

#ceaffe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ceaffe is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.9% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 263.54°, with 97.53% saturation and 84.12% 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 11.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 3.93.

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Relative luminance0.5094

Complementary

  1. #ceaffe
  2. #dffeaf

Split complementary

  1. #ceaffe
  2. #fef5af
  3. #b8feaf

Analogous

  1. #afb8fe
  2. #ceaffe
  3. #f5affe

Triadic

  1. #ceaffe
  2. #feceaf
  3. #affece

Tetradic

  1. #ceaffe
  2. #feafdf
  3. #dffeaf
  4. #affece

Square

  1. #ceaffe
  2. #feafb8
  3. #dffeaf
  4. #affef5

Monochromatic

  1. #7118fc
  2. #a063fd
  3. #ceaffe
  4. #f3ebff
  5. #f3ebff

Shades

#ceaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ceaffe
  2. #b99ee5
  3. #a58ccb
  4. #907bb2
  5. #7c6998
  6. #67587f
  7. #524666
  8. #3e354c
  9. #292333
  10. #151219
  11. #000000

Tints

#ceaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ceaffe
  2. #d3b7fe
  3. #d8bffe
  4. #ddc7fe
  5. #e2cffe
  6. #e7d7ff
  7. #ebdfff
  8. #f0e7ff
  9. #f5efff
  10. #faf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ceaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ceaffe
  2. #c6aaf1
  3. #bea6e5
  4. #b7a1d8
  5. #af9ccc
  6. #a798bf
  7. #9f93b2
  8. #978ea6
  9. #908999
  10. #88858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4b8da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ebdff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4bdfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6bbcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3b7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6b7fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c9b6e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ceaffe {
  color: #ceaffe;
}
Background
.bg-ceaffe {
  background-color: #ceaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ceaffe {
  border: 2px solid #ceaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ceaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ceaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ceaffe, #f5affe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ceaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 3.93 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.81 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.15 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.31 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.43 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.85 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.76 #315001 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Mauve
#ceaffe  rgb(206, 175, 254)  hsl(264, 98%, 84%)  Mauve
#dffeaf  rgb(223, 254, 175)  hsl(84, 98%, 84%)  Tea Green
#feceaf  rgb(254, 206, 175)  hsl(24, 98%, 84%)  Apricot
#affece  rgb(175, 254, 206)  hsl(144, 98%, 84%)  Magic Mint