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#BAA4FF

#baa4ff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#baa4ff is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 64.31% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.06% cyan, 35.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 254.51°, with 100% saturation and 82.16% 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 9.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.36.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4421

Complementary

  1. #baa4ff
  2. #e9ffa4

Split complementary

  1. #baa4ff
  2. #ffe8a4
  3. #bcffa4

Analogous

  1. #a4bcff
  2. #baa4ff
  3. #e8a4ff

Triadic

  1. #baa4ff
  2. #ffbaa4
  3. #a4ffba

Tetradic

  1. #baa4ff
  2. #ffa4e9
  3. #e9ffa4
  4. #a4ffba

Square

  1. #baa4ff
  2. #ffa4bc
  3. #e9ffa4
  4. #a4ffe8

Monochromatic

  1. #460bff
  2. #8058ff
  3. #baa4ff
  4. #f0ebff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#baa4ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #baa4ff
  2. #a794e6
  3. #9583cc
  4. #8273b3
  5. #706299
  6. #5d5280
  7. #4a4266
  8. #38314d
  9. #252133
  10. #13101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#baa4ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #baa4ff
  2. #c1adff
  3. #c8b6ff
  4. #cfbfff
  5. #d6c8ff
  6. #ddd2ff
  7. #e3dbff
  8. #eae4ff
  9. #f1edff
  10. #f8f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#baa4ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #baa4ff
  2. #b4a0f2
  3. #ae9de6
  4. #a999d9
  5. #a396cc
  6. #9d92c0
  7. #978eb3
  8. #918ba6
  9. #8c8799
  10. #86848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5acd5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cb2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8eb0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #abb4c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0adff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2abfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1aedf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-baa4ff {
  color: #baa4ff;
}
Background
.bg-baa4ff {
  background-color: #baa4ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-baa4ff {
  border: 2px solid #baa4ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #baa4ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 164 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 100% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-baa4ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baa4ff, #e8a4ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-baa4ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 164 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.36 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.28 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.31 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.06 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.13 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.54 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.51 #455b00 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Mauve
#baa4ff  rgb(186, 164, 255)  hsl(255, 100%, 82%)  Mauve
#e9ffa4  rgb(233, 255, 164)  hsl(75, 100%, 82%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffbaa4  rgb(255, 186, 164)  hsl(15, 100%, 82%)  Melon
#a4ffba  rgb(164, 255, 186)  hsl(135, 100%, 82%)  Pale Green