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#baabfb ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#baabfb 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, 67.06% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.9% cyan, 31.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 251.25°, with 90.91% saturation and 82.75% 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 10.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.22.

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Relative luminance0.4653

Complementary

  1. #baabfb
  2. #ecfbab

Split complementary

  1. #baabfb
  2. #fbe2ab
  3. #c4fbab

Analogous

  1. #abc4fb
  2. #baabfb
  3. #e2abfb

Triadic

  1. #baabfb
  2. #fbbaab
  3. #abfbba

Tetradic

  1. #baabfb
  2. #fbabec
  3. #ecfbab
  4. #abfbba

Square

  1. #baabfb
  2. #fbabc4
  3. #ecfbab
  4. #abfbe2

Monochromatic

  1. #4219f4
  2. #7e62f8
  3. #baabfb
  4. #efecfe
  5. #efecfe

Shades

#baabfb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #baabfb
  2. #a79ae2
  3. #9589c9
  4. #8278b0
  5. #706797
  6. #5d567e
  7. #4a4464
  8. #38334b
  9. #252232
  10. #131119
  11. #000000

Tints

#baabfb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #baabfb
  2. #c1b3fb
  3. #c8bcfc
  4. #cfc4fc
  5. #d6cdfd
  6. #ddd5fd
  7. #e3ddfd
  8. #eae6fe
  9. #f1eefe
  10. #f8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#baabfb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #baabfb
  2. #b4a7ef
  3. #aea2e2
  4. #a99ed6
  5. #a39aca
  6. #9d96be
  7. #9791b1
  8. #918da5
  9. #8c8999
  10. #86848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b1d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96b7fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97b4f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #acb9c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6b2fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6b1fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2b3de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-baabfb {
  color: #baabfb;
}
Background
.bg-baabfb {
  background-color: #baabfb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-baabfb {
  border: 2px solid #baabfb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #baabfb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 171 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 91% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-baabfb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baabfb, #e2abfb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-baabfb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 171 251 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.22 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.00 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.04 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.12 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.69 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.60 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.73 #455404 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Mauve
#baabfb  rgb(186, 171, 251)  hsl(251, 91%, 83%)  Mauve
#ecfbab  rgb(236, 251, 171)  hsl(71, 91%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#fbbaab  rgb(251, 186, 171)  hsl(11, 91%, 83%)  Melon
#abfbba  rgb(171, 251, 186)  hsl(131, 91%, 83%)  Granny Smith Apple