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#D79DFD

#d79dfd ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#d79dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.31% red, 61.57% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.02% cyan, 37.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 276.25°, with 96% saturation and 80.39% 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 10.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 4.86.

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Relative luminance0.4565

Complementary

  1. #d79dfd
  2. #c3fd9d

Split complementary

  1. #d79dfd
  2. #f3fd9d
  3. #9dfda7

Analogous

  1. #a79dfd
  2. #d79dfd
  3. #fd9df3

Triadic

  1. #d79dfd
  2. #fdd79d
  3. #9dfdd7

Tetradic

  1. #d79dfd
  2. #fd9dc3
  3. #c3fd9d
  4. #9dfdd7

Square

  1. #d79dfd
  2. #fda79d
  3. #c3fd9d
  4. #9df3fd

Monochromatic

  1. #9a07fa
  2. #b852fb
  3. #d79dfd
  4. #f6e8ff
  5. #f7ebff

Shades

#d79dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d79dfd
  2. #c28de4
  3. #ac7eca
  4. #976eb1
  5. #815e98
  6. #6c4f7f
  7. #563f65
  8. #412f4c
  9. #2b1f33
  10. #161019
  11. #000000

Tints

#d79dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d79dfd
  2. #dba7fd
  3. #dfb1fd
  4. #e3bafe
  5. #e7c4fe
  6. #ebcefe
  7. #efd8fe
  8. #f3e2fe
  9. #f7ebff
  10. #fbf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d79dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d79dfd
  2. #ce9af1
  3. #c697e4
  4. #bd94d8
  5. #b491cb
  6. #ac8fbf
  7. #a38cb2
  8. #9a89a6
  9. #918699
  10. #89838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3abd5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bb1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98b5fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d3abc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afa9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5acfb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5a5dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d79dfd {
  color: #d79dfd;
}
Background
.bg-d79dfd {
  background-color: #d79dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d79dfd {
  border: 2px solid #d79dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d79dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 215 157 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 96% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d79dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d79dfd, #fd9df3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d79dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(215 157 253 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.86 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.72 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.66 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 7.96 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.22 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.37 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 9.88 #286202 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Mauve
#d79dfd  rgb(215, 157, 253)  hsl(276, 96%, 80%)  Mauve
#c3fd9d  rgb(195, 253, 157)  hsl(96, 96%, 80%)  Pale Green
#fdd79d  rgb(253, 215, 157)  hsl(36, 96%, 80%)  Sunset
#9dfdd7  rgb(157, 253, 215)  hsl(156, 96%, 80%)  Aquamarine