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#BAA0FF

#baa0ff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#baa0ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 62.75% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.06% cyan, 37.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 256.42°, with 100% saturation and 81.37% 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 9.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.53.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.428

Complementary

  1. #baa0ff
  2. #e5ffa0

Split complementary

  1. #baa0ff
  2. #ffe9a0
  3. #b5ffa0

Analogous

  1. #a0b5ff
  2. #baa0ff
  3. #e9a0ff

Triadic

  1. #baa0ff
  2. #ffbaa0
  3. #a0ffba

Tetradic

  1. #baa0ff
  2. #ffa0e5
  3. #e5ffa0
  4. #a0ffba

Square

  1. #baa0ff
  2. #ffa0b5
  3. #e5ffa0
  4. #a0ffe9

Monochromatic

  1. #4b07ff
  2. #8253ff
  3. #baa0ff
  4. #f0ebff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#baa0ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #baa0ff
  2. #a790e6
  3. #9580cc
  4. #8270b3
  5. #706099
  6. #5d5080
  7. #4a4066
  8. #38304d
  9. #252033
  10. #13101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#baa0ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #baa0ff
  2. #c1aaff
  3. #c8b3ff
  4. #cfbdff
  5. #d6c6ff
  6. #ddd0ff
  7. #e3d9ff
  8. #eae3ff
  9. #f1ecff
  10. #f8f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#baa0ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #baa0ff
  2. #b49df2
  3. #ae9ae6
  4. #a996d9
  5. #a393cc
  6. #9d90c0
  7. #978db3
  8. #918aa6
  9. #8c8699
  10. #86838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3a9d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8aaefd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #acb0c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eaaff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0a8fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2aade ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-baa0ff {
  color: #baa0ff;
}
Background
.bg-baa0ff {
  background-color: #baa0ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-baa0ff {
  border: 2px solid #baa0ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #baa0ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 160 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 100% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-baa0ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baa0ff, #e9a0ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-baa0ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 160 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.53 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.26 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.09 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.98 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.20 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.23 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.37 #455f00 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Mauve
#baa0ff  rgb(186, 160, 255)  hsl(256, 100%, 81%)  Mauve
#e5ffa0  rgb(229, 255, 160)  hsl(76, 100%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffbaa0  rgb(255, 186, 160)  hsl(16, 100%, 81%)  Zinnwaldite
#a0ffba  rgb(160, 255, 186)  hsl(136, 100%, 81%)  Pale Green