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#DDACFA

#ddacfa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ddacfa is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 67.45% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.6% cyan, 31.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 277.69°, with 88.64% saturation and 82.75% 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 11.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 1.04.

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Relative luminance0.5178

Complementary

  1. #ddacfa
  2. #c9faac

Split complementary

  1. #ddacfa
  2. #f0faac
  3. #acfab6

Analogous

  1. #b6acfa
  2. #ddacfa
  3. #faacf0

Triadic

  1. #ddacfa
  2. #faddac
  3. #acfadd

Tetradic

  1. #ddacfa
  2. #faacc9
  3. #c9faac
  4. #acfadd

Square

  1. #ddacfa
  2. #fab6ac
  3. #c9faac
  4. #acf0fa

Monochromatic

  1. #a21cf1
  2. #bf64f6
  3. #ddacfa
  4. #f7ecfe
  5. #f7ecfe

Shades

#ddacfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ddacfa
  2. #c79be1
  3. #b18ac8
  4. #9b78af
  5. #856796
  6. #6f567d
  7. #584564
  8. #42344b
  9. #2c2232
  10. #161119
  11. #000000

Tints

#ddacfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ddacfa
  2. #e0b4fb
  3. #e4bdfb
  4. #e7c5fc
  5. #ebcdfc
  6. #eed6fd
  7. #f1defd
  8. #f5e6fe
  9. #f8eefe
  10. #fcf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ddacfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ddacfa
  2. #d4a8ee
  3. #caa3e2
  4. #c19fd5
  5. #b89ac9
  6. #af96bd
  7. #a592b1
  8. #9c8da5
  9. #938998
  10. #89848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbb7d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fbcfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aac0f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dbb6c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbb6fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1b8f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dcb2de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ddacfa {
  color: #ddacfa;
}
Background
.bg-ddacfa {
  background-color: #ddacfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ddacfa {
  border: 2px solid #ddacfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ddacfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 172 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 89% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ddacfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ddacfa, #faacf0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ddacfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 172 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 1.04 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.46 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.08 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.99 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.31 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.93 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 12.45 #225305 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Mauve
#ddacfa  rgb(221, 172, 250)  hsl(278, 89%, 83%)  Mauve
#c9faac  rgb(201, 250, 172)  hsl(98, 89%, 83%)  Granny Smith Apple
#faddac  rgb(250, 221, 172)  hsl(38, 89%, 83%)  Navajo White
#acfadd  rgb(172, 250, 221)  hsl(158, 89%, 83%)  Magic Mint