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#B8A1FA

#b8a1fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b8a1fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 63.14% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.4% cyan, 35.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 255.51°, with 89.9% 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 9.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.47.

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Relative luminance0.4258

Complementary

  1. #b8a1fa
  2. #e3faa1

Split complementary

  1. #b8a1fa
  2. #fae5a1
  3. #b6faa1

Analogous

  1. #a1b6fa
  2. #b8a1fa
  3. #e5a1fa

Triadic

  1. #b8a1fa
  2. #fab8a1
  3. #a1fab8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a1fa
  2. #faa1e3
  3. #e3faa1
  4. #a1fab8

Square

  1. #b8a1fa
  2. #faa1b6
  3. #e3faa1
  4. #a1fae5

Monochromatic

  1. #4a10f2
  2. #8158f6
  3. #b8a1fa
  4. #efeafe
  5. #f0ecfe

Shades

#b8a1fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a1fa
  2. #a691e1
  3. #9381c8
  4. #8171af
  5. #6e6196
  6. #5c517d
  7. #4a4064
  8. #37304b
  9. #252032
  10. #121019
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a1fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a1fa
  2. #bfaafb
  3. #c6b4fb
  4. #cdbdfc
  5. #d4c7fc
  6. #dcd0fd
  7. #e3d9fd
  8. #eae3fe
  9. #f1ecfe
  10. #f8f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a1fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a1fa
  2. #b29eee
  3. #ad9ae2
  4. #a797d5
  5. #a294c9
  6. #9c91bd
  7. #968db1
  8. #918aa5
  9. #8b8798
  10. #86838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2a9d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aaffe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8dadf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aab0c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eaafc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0a8f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0aadb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a1fa {
  color: #b8a1fa;
}
Background
.bg-b8a1fa {
  background-color: #b8a1fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a1fa {
  border: 2px solid #b8a1fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a1fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 161 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 90% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a1fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a1fa, #e5a1fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a1fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 161 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.47 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.78 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.20 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.30 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.67 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.06 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.14 #475e05 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Mauve
#b8a1fa  rgb(184, 161, 250)  hsl(256, 90%, 81%)  Mauve
#e3faa1  rgb(227, 250, 161)  hsl(76, 90%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#fab8a1  rgb(250, 184, 161)  hsl(16, 90%, 81%)  Melon
#a1fab8  rgb(161, 250, 184)  hsl(136, 90%, 81%)  Pale Green