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#dfbbfa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dfbbfa is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 73.33% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.8% cyan, 25.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 274.29°, with 86.3% saturation and 85.69% 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 12.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 3.72.

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Relative luminance0.5813

Complementary

  1. #dfbbfa
  2. #d6fabb

Split complementary

  1. #dfbbfa
  2. #f5fabb
  3. #bbfac0

Analogous

  1. #c0bbfa
  2. #dfbbfa
  3. #fabbf5

Triadic

  1. #dfbbfa
  2. #fadfbb
  3. #bbfadf

Tetradic

  1. #dfbbfa
  2. #fabbd6
  3. #d6fabb
  4. #bbfadf

Square

  1. #dfbbfa
  2. #fac0bb
  3. #d6fabb
  4. #bbf5fa

Monochromatic

  1. #9c2cf0
  2. #bd74f5
  3. #dfbbfa
  4. #f6ecfe
  5. #f6ecfe

Shades

#dfbbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfbbfa
  2. #c9a8e1
  3. #b296c8
  4. #9c83af
  5. #867096
  6. #705e7d
  7. #594b64
  8. #43384b
  9. #2d2532
  10. #161319
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfbbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfbbfa
  2. #e2c2fb
  3. #e5c9fb
  4. #e9cffc
  5. #ecd6fc
  6. #efddfd
  7. #f2e4fd
  8. #f5ebfe
  9. #f9f1fe
  10. #fcf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfbbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfbbfa
  2. #d6b5ee
  3. #ccafe2
  4. #c3a9d5
  5. #b9a3c9
  6. #b09ebd
  7. #a698b1
  8. #9d92a5
  9. #938c98
  10. #8a868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d2c3de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1c7fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8c9f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #dcc3d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5c2fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9c4f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ddc0e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfbbfa {
  color: #dfbbfa;
}
Background
.bg-dfbbfa {
  background-color: #dfbbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfbbfa {
  border: 2px solid #dfbbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfbbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 187 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfbbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfbbfa, #fabbf5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfbbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 187 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 3.72 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.00 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.78 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.01 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.62 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.93 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 12.67 #204405 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Mauve
#dfbbfa  rgb(223, 187, 250)  hsl(274, 86%, 86%)  Mauve
#d6fabb  rgb(214, 250, 187)  hsl(94, 86%, 86%)  Tea Green
#fadfbb  rgb(250, 223, 187)  hsl(34, 86%, 86%)  Bisque
#bbfadf  rgb(187, 250, 223)  hsl(154, 86%, 86%)  Magic Mint