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#B8A3FE

#b8a3fe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b8a3fe is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 63.92% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.56% cyan, 35.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 253.85°, with 97.85% saturation and 81.76% 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 9.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.72.

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Relative luminance0.4354

Complementary

  1. #b8a3fe
  2. #e9fea3

Split complementary

  1. #b8a3fe
  2. #fee5a3
  3. #bbfea3

Analogous

  1. #a3bbfe
  2. #b8a3fe
  3. #e5a3fe

Triadic

  1. #b8a3fe
  2. #feb8a3
  3. #a3feb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a3fe
  2. #fea3e9
  3. #e9fea3
  4. #a3feb8

Square

  1. #b8a3fe
  2. #fea3bb
  3. #e9fea3
  4. #a3fee5

Monochromatic

  1. #430cfc
  2. #7e57fd
  3. #b8a3fe
  4. #efebff
  5. #efebff

Shades

#b8a3fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a3fe
  2. #a693e5
  3. #9382cb
  4. #8172b2
  5. #6e6298
  6. #5c527f
  7. #4a4166
  8. #37314c
  9. #252133
  10. #121019
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a3fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a3fe
  2. #bfacfe
  3. #c6b5fe
  4. #cdbffe
  5. #d4c8fe
  6. #dcd1ff
  7. #e3daff
  8. #eae3ff
  9. #f1edff
  10. #f8f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a3fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a3fe
  2. #b2a0f1
  3. #ad9ce5
  4. #a799d8
  5. #a295cc
  6. #9c92bf
  7. #968eb2
  8. #918ba6
  9. #8b8799
  10. #86848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3abd4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8daffc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9b3c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9facff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0aafd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afadde ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a3fe {
  color: #b8a3fe;
}
Background
.bg-b8a3fe {
  background-color: #b8a3fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a3fe {
  border: 2px solid #b8a3fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a3fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 163 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 98% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a3fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a3fe, #e5a3fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a3fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 163 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.72 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.44 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.19 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.94 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.34 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.57 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.73 #475c01 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Mauve
#b8a3fe  rgb(184, 163, 254)  hsl(254, 98%, 82%)  Mauve
#e9fea3  rgb(233, 254, 163)  hsl(74, 98%, 82%)  Pastel Yellow
#feb8a3  rgb(254, 184, 163)  hsl(14, 98%, 82%)  Melon
#a3feb8  rgb(163, 254, 184)  hsl(134, 98%, 82%)  Pale Green