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#E299FE

#e299fe ≈ Mauve

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#e299fe is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 60% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.02% cyan, 39.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 283.37°, with 98.06% saturation and 79.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 5.79.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4611

Complementary

  1. #e299fe
  2. #b5fe99

Split complementary

  1. #e299fe
  2. #e7fe99
  3. #99feaf

Analogous

  1. #af99fe
  2. #e299fe
  3. #fe99e7

Triadic

  1. #e299fe
  2. #fee299
  3. #99fee2

Tetradic

  1. #e299fe
  2. #fe99b5
  3. #b5fe99
  4. #99fee2

Square

  1. #e299fe
  2. #feaf99
  3. #b5fe99
  4. #99e7fe

Monochromatic

  1. #b602fc
  2. #cc4dfd
  3. #e299fe
  4. #f8e5ff
  5. #f9ebff

Shades

#e299fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e299fe
  2. #cb8ae5
  3. #b57acb
  4. #9e6bb2
  5. #885c98
  6. #714d7f
  7. #5a3d66
  8. #442e4c
  9. #2d1f33
  10. #170f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#e299fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e299fe
  2. #e5a3fe
  3. #e8adfe
  4. #ebb8fe
  5. #eec2fe
  6. #f1ccff
  7. #f3d6ff
  8. #f6e0ff
  9. #f9ebff
  10. #fcf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e299fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e299fe
  2. #d897f1
  3. #ce94e5
  4. #c592d8
  5. #bb8fcc
  6. #b18dbf
  7. #a78ab2
  8. #9d88a6
  9. #948599
  10. #8a838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9aad6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb7fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e1a6c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcacfc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e1a1db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e299fe {
  color: #e299fe;
}
Background
.bg-e299fe {
  background-color: #e299fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e299fe {
  border: 2px solid #e299fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e299fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 153 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 283 98% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e299fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e299fe, #fe99e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e299fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 153 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.79 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 5.92 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.32 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.69 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 7.72 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.10 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.92 #1d6601 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Mauve
#e299fe  rgb(226, 153, 254)  hsl(283, 98%, 80%)  Mauve
#b5fe99  rgb(181, 254, 153)  hsl(103, 98%, 80%)  Pale Green
#fee299  rgb(254, 226, 153)  hsl(43, 98%, 80%)  Jasmine
#99fee2  rgb(153, 254, 226)  hsl(163, 98%, 80%)  Aquamarine