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#B49DFF

#b49dff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b49dff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 61.57% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.41% cyan, 38.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 254.08°, with 100% saturation and 80.78% 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 9.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 9.87.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4104

Complementary

  1. #b49dff
  2. #e8ff9d

Split complementary

  1. #b49dff
  2. #ffe59d
  3. #b7ff9d

Analogous

  1. #9db7ff
  2. #b49dff
  3. #e59dff

Triadic

  1. #b49dff
  2. #ffb49d
  3. #9dffb4

Tetradic

  1. #b49dff
  2. #ff9de8
  3. #e8ff9d
  4. #9dffb4

Square

  1. #b49dff
  2. #ff9db7
  3. #e8ff9d
  4. #9dffe5

Monochromatic

  1. #3f04ff
  2. #7950ff
  3. #b49dff
  4. #efe9ff
  5. #efebff

Shades

#b49dff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b49dff
  2. #a28de6
  3. #907ecc
  4. #7e6eb3
  5. #6c5e99
  6. #5a4f80
  7. #483f66
  8. #362f4d
  9. #241f33
  10. #12101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b49dff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b49dff
  2. #bca7ff
  3. #c3b1ff
  4. #cbbaff
  5. #d2c4ff
  6. #daceff
  7. #e1d8ff
  8. #e9e2ff
  9. #f0ebff
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b49dff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b49dff
  2. #af9af2
  3. #aa97e6
  4. #a494d9
  5. #9f91cc
  6. #9a8fc0
  7. #958cb3
  8. #9089a6
  9. #8a8699
  10. #85838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa6d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81adff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84aafd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3aec2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99a5fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aaa8dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b49dff {
  color: #b49dff;
}
Background
.bg-b49dff {
  background-color: #b49dff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b49dff {
  border: 2px solid #b49dff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b49dff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 157 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 100% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b49dff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b49dff, #e59dff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b49dff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 157 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.87 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.96 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.24 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.90 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.33 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.98 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 13.21 #4b6200 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Mauve
#b49dff  rgb(180, 157, 255)  hsl(254, 100%, 81%)  Mauve
#e8ff9d  rgb(232, 255, 157)  hsl(74, 100%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffb49d  rgb(255, 180, 157)  hsl(14, 100%, 81%)  Vivid Tangerine
#9dffb4  rgb(157, 255, 180)  hsl(134, 100%, 81%)  Pale Green