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#DFAFFE

#dfaffe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#dfaffe is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.2% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 276.46°, 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 11.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 0.25.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.535

Complementary

  1. #dfaffe
  2. #cefeaf

Split complementary

  1. #dfaffe
  2. #f5feaf
  3. #affeb8

Analogous

  1. #b8affe
  2. #dfaffe
  3. #feaff5

Triadic

  1. #dfaffe
  2. #fedfaf
  3. #affedf

Tetradic

  1. #dfaffe
  2. #feafce
  3. #cefeaf
  4. #affedf

Square

  1. #dfaffe
  2. #feb8af
  3. #cefeaf
  4. #aff5fe

Monochromatic

  1. #a318fc
  2. #c163fd
  3. #dfaffe
  4. #f7ebff
  5. #f7ebff

Shades

#dfaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfaffe
  2. #c99ee5
  3. #b28ccb
  4. #9c7bb2
  5. #866998
  6. #70587f
  7. #594666
  8. #43354c
  9. #2d2333
  10. #161219
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfaffe
  2. #e2b7fe
  3. #e5bffe
  4. #e9c7fe
  5. #eccffe
  6. #efd7ff
  7. #f2dfff
  8. #f5e7ff
  9. #f9efff
  10. #fcf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfaffe
  2. #d6aaf1
  3. #cca6e5
  4. #c3a1d8
  5. #b99ccc
  6. #b098bf
  7. #a693b2
  8. #9d8ea6
  9. #938999
  10. #8a858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cebadc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2bfff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acc2fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcb9cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdb9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3bbfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ddb5e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfaffe {
  color: #dfaffe;
}
Background
.bg-dfaffe {
  background-color: #dfaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfaffe {
  border: 2px solid #dfaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfaffe, #feaff5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 0.25 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.15 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.74 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.52 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.88 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.46 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 12.88 #205001 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Mauve
#dfaffe  rgb(223, 175, 254)  hsl(276, 98%, 84%)  Mauve
#cefeaf  rgb(206, 254, 175)  hsl(96, 98%, 84%)  Tea Green
#fedfaf  rgb(254, 223, 175)  hsl(36, 98%, 84%)  Navajo White
#affedf  rgb(175, 254, 223)  hsl(156, 98%, 84%)  Magic Mint