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#B8A9FF

#b8a9ff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b8a9ff is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 66.27% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.84% cyan, 33.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 250.47°, with 100% saturation and 83.14% 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 10.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.86.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4579

Complementary

  1. #b8a9ff
  2. #f0ffa9

Split complementary

  1. #b8a9ff
  2. #ffe3a9
  3. #c5ffa9

Analogous

  1. #a9c5ff
  2. #b8a9ff
  3. #e3a9ff

Triadic

  1. #b8a9ff
  2. #ffb8a9
  3. #a9ffb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a9ff
  2. #ffa9f0
  3. #f0ffa9
  4. #a9ffb8

Square

  1. #b8a9ff
  2. #ffa9c5
  3. #f0ffa9
  4. #a9ffe3

Monochromatic

  1. #3a10ff
  2. #795dff
  3. #b8a9ff
  4. #eeebff
  5. #eeebff

Shades

#b8a9ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a9ff
  2. #a698e6
  3. #9387cc
  4. #8176b3
  5. #6e6599
  6. #5c5580
  7. #4a4466
  8. #37334d
  9. #252233
  10. #12111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a9ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a9ff
  2. #bfb2ff
  3. #c6baff
  4. #cdc3ff
  5. #d4cbff
  6. #dcd4ff
  7. #e3ddff
  8. #eae5ff
  9. #f1eeff
  10. #f8f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a9ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a9ff
  2. #b2a5f2
  3. #ada1e6
  4. #a79dd9
  5. #a299cc
  6. #9c95c0
  7. #9690b3
  8. #918ca6
  9. #8b8899
  10. #86848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6b0d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92b6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92b3fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8b8c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2b1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3affe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afb2e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a9ff {
  color: #b8a9ff;
}
Background
.bg-b8a9ff {
  background-color: #b8a9ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a9ff {
  border: 2px solid #b8a9ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a9ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 169 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a9ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a9ff, #e3a9ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a9ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 169 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.86 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.35 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.81 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.90 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.59 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.54 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 13.29 #475600 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Mauve
#b8a9ff  rgb(184, 169, 255)  hsl(250, 100%, 83%)  Mauve
#f0ffa9  rgb(240, 255, 169)  hsl(70, 100%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffb8a9  rgb(255, 184, 169)  hsl(10, 100%, 83%)  Melon
#a9ffb8  rgb(169, 255, 184)  hsl(130, 100%, 83%)  Pale Green