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#B5A2FA

#b5a2fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b5a2fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 63.53% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.6% cyan, 35.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 252.95°, with 89.8% 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 9.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 9.07.

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Relative luminance0.4257

Complementary

  1. #b5a2fa
  2. #e7faa2

Split complementary

  1. #b5a2fa
  2. #fae1a2
  3. #bbfaa2

Analogous

  1. #a2bbfa
  2. #b5a2fa
  3. #e1a2fa

Triadic

  1. #b5a2fa
  2. #fab5a2
  3. #a2fab5

Tetradic

  1. #b5a2fa
  2. #faa2e7
  3. #e7faa2
  4. #a2fab5

Square

  1. #b5a2fa
  2. #faa2bb
  3. #e7faa2
  4. #a2fae1

Monochromatic

  1. #4111f2
  2. #7b59f6
  3. #b5a2fa
  4. #efebfe
  5. #f0ecfe

Shades

#b5a2fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5a2fa
  2. #a392e1
  3. #9182c8
  4. #7f71af
  5. #6d6196
  6. #5b517d
  7. #484164
  8. #36314b
  9. #242032
  10. #121019
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5a2fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5a2fa
  2. #bcabfb
  3. #c4b5fb
  4. #cbbefc
  5. #d3c7fc
  6. #dad1fd
  7. #e1dafd
  8. #e9e3fe
  9. #f0ecfe
  10. #f8f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5a2fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5a2fa
  2. #b09fee
  3. #aa9be2
  4. #a598d5
  5. #a094c9
  6. #9b91bd
  7. #958eb1
  8. #908aa5
  9. #8b8798
  10. #85838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1aad1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab0fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8cadf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6b1c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9daafc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ea9f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #acabdb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5a2fa {
  color: #b5a2fa;
}
Background
.bg-b5a2fa {
  background-color: #b5a2fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5a2fa {
  border: 2px solid #b5a2fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5a2fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 162 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 90% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5a2fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5a2fa, #e1a2fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5a2fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 162 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.07 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.33 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.78 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.76 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.40 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.64 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.80 #4a5d05 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Mauve
#b5a2fa  rgb(181, 162, 250)  hsl(253, 90%, 81%)  Mauve
#e7faa2  rgb(231, 250, 162)  hsl(73, 90%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#fab5a2  rgb(250, 181, 162)  hsl(13, 90%, 81%)  Melon
#a2fab5  rgb(162, 250, 181)  hsl(133, 90%, 81%)  Pale Green