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#B79CFA

#b79cfa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b79cfa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 61.18% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.8% cyan, 37.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 257.23°, with 90.38% saturation and 79.61% 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 9.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 9.

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Relative luminance0.4075

Complementary

  1. #b79cfa
  2. #dffa9c

Split complementary

  1. #b79cfa
  2. #fae69c
  3. #b0fa9c

Analogous

  1. #9cb0fa
  2. #b79cfa
  3. #e69cfa

Triadic

  1. #b79cfa
  2. #fab79c
  3. #9cfab7

Tetradic

  1. #b79cfa
  2. #fa9cdf
  3. #dffa9c
  4. #9cfab7

Square

  1. #b79cfa
  2. #fa9cb0
  3. #dffa9c
  4. #9cfae6

Monochromatic

  1. #4e0cf1
  2. #8253f6
  3. #b79cfa
  4. #ece5fe
  5. #f1ecfe

Shades

#b79cfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b79cfa
  2. #a58ce1
  3. #927dc8
  4. #806daf
  5. #6e5e96
  6. #5c4e7d
  7. #493e64
  8. #372f4b
  9. #251f32
  10. #121019
  11. #000000

Tints

#b79cfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b79cfa
  2. #bea6fb
  3. #c5b0fb
  4. #cdbafc
  5. #d4c4fc
  6. #dbcefd
  7. #e2d7fd
  8. #e9e1fe
  9. #f1ebfe
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b79cfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b79cfa
  2. #b299ee
  3. #ac96e2
  4. #a794d5
  5. #a191c9
  6. #9c8ebd
  7. #968bb1
  8. #9188a5
  9. #8b8698
  10. #86838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a5cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83acfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87aaf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9acbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aa6fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ca5f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afa6d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b79cfa {
  color: #b79cfa;
}
Background
.bg-b79cfa {
  background-color: #b79cfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b79cfa {
  border: 2px solid #b79cfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b79cfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 156 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 90% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b79cfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b79cfa, #e69cfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b79cfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 156 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.00 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.03 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.06 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.10 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.24 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 12.44 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.87 #486305 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Mauve
#b79cfa  rgb(183, 156, 250)  hsl(257, 90%, 80%)  Mauve
#dffa9c  rgb(223, 250, 156)  hsl(77, 90%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#fab79c  rgb(250, 183, 156)  hsl(17, 90%, 80%)  Zinnwaldite
#9cfab7  rgb(156, 250, 183)  hsl(137, 90%, 80%)  Pale Green