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#B79CFF

#b79cff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b79cff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.24% cyan, 38.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 256.36°, with 100% saturation and 80.59% 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 9.39.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4106

Complementary

  1. #b79cff
  2. #e4ff9c

Split complementary

  1. #b79cff
  2. #ffe89c
  3. #b3ff9c

Analogous

  1. #9cb3ff
  2. #b79cff
  3. #e89cff

Triadic

  1. #b79cff
  2. #ffb79c
  3. #9cffb7

Tetradic

  1. #b79cff
  2. #ff9ce4
  3. #e4ff9c
  4. #9cffb7

Square

  1. #b79cff
  2. #ff9cb3
  3. #e4ff9c
  4. #9cffe8

Monochromatic

  1. #4803ff
  2. #7f50ff
  3. #b79cff
  4. #efe9ff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#b79cff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b79cff
  2. #a58ce6
  3. #927dcc
  4. #806db3
  5. #6e5e99
  6. #5c4e80
  7. #493e66
  8. #372f4d
  9. #251f33
  10. #12101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b79cff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b79cff
  2. #bea6ff
  3. #c5b0ff
  4. #cdbaff
  5. #d4c4ff
  6. #dbceff
  7. #e2d7ff
  8. #e9e1ff
  9. #f1ebff
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b79cff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b79cff
  2. #b299f2
  3. #ac96e6
  4. #a794d9
  5. #a191cc
  6. #9c8ec0
  7. #968bb3
  8. #9188a6
  9. #8b8699
  10. #86838d
  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 #b0a6d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80acff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84aafc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8adc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99a6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ba5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aea7dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b79cff {
  color: #b79cff;
}
Background
.bg-b79cff {
  background-color: #b79cff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b79cff {
  border: 2px solid #b79cff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b79cff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 156 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 100% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b79cff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b79cff, #e89cff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b79cff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 156 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.39 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.44 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.81 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.37 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 12.46 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.72 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.87 #486300 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Mauve
#b79cff  rgb(183, 156, 255)  hsl(256, 100%, 81%)  Mauve
#e4ff9c  rgb(228, 255, 156)  hsl(76, 100%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffb79c  rgb(255, 183, 156)  hsl(16, 100%, 81%)  Vivid Tangerine
#9cffb7  rgb(156, 255, 183)  hsl(136, 100%, 81%)  Pale Green