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#B89CFA

#b89cfa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b89cfa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 61.18% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.4% cyan, 37.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 257.87°, 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 9.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.81.

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Relative luminance0.4087

Complementary

  1. #b89cfa
  2. #defa9c

Split complementary

  1. #b89cfa
  2. #fae79c
  3. #affa9c

Analogous

  1. #9caffa
  2. #b89cfa
  3. #e79cfa

Triadic

  1. #b89cfa
  2. #fab89c
  3. #9cfab8

Tetradic

  1. #b89cfa
  2. #fa9cde
  3. #defa9c
  4. #9cfab8

Square

  1. #b89cfa
  2. #fa9caf
  3. #defa9c
  4. #9cfae7

Monochromatic

  1. #500cf1
  2. #8453f6
  3. #b89cfa
  4. #ece5fe
  5. #f1ecfe

Shades

#b89cfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b89cfa
  2. #a68ce1
  3. #937dc8
  4. #816daf
  5. #6e5e96
  6. #5c4e7d
  7. #4a3e64
  8. #372f4b
  9. #251f32
  10. #121019
  11. #000000

Tints

#b89cfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b89cfa
  2. #bfa6fb
  3. #c6b0fb
  4. #cdbafc
  5. #d4c4fc
  6. #dccefd
  7. #e3d7fd
  8. #eae1fe
  9. #f1ebfe
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b89cfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b89cfa
  2. #b299ee
  3. #ad96e2
  4. #a794d5
  5. #a291c9
  6. #9c8ebd
  7. #968bb1
  8. #9188a5
  9. #8b8698
  10. #86838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1a5d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83acfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88aaf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #abacbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ba6fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9da5f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0a6d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b89cfa {
  color: #b89cfa;
}
Background
.bg-b89cfa {
  background-color: #b89cfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b89cfa {
  border: 2px solid #b89cfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b89cfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 156 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 90% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b89cfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b89cfa, #e79cfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b89cfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 156 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.81 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.88 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.97 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.21 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.06 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 12.27 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.95 #476305 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Mauve
#b89cfa  rgb(184, 156, 250)  hsl(258, 90%, 80%)  Mauve
#defa9c  rgb(222, 250, 156)  hsl(78, 90%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#fab89c  rgb(250, 184, 156)  hsl(18, 90%, 80%)  Zinnwaldite
#9cfab8  rgb(156, 250, 184)  hsl(138, 90%, 80%)  Pale Green