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#BAABFD

#baabfd ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#baabfd 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 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.48% cyan, 32.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 250.98°, with 95.35% 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 10.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.36.

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Relative luminance0.4666

Complementary

  1. #baabfd
  2. #eefdab

Split complementary

  1. #baabfd
  2. #fde3ab
  3. #c5fdab

Analogous

  1. #abc5fd
  2. #baabfd
  3. #e3abfd

Triadic

  1. #baabfd
  2. #fdbaab
  3. #abfdba

Tetradic

  1. #baabfd
  2. #fdabee
  3. #eefdab
  4. #abfdba

Square

  1. #baabfd
  2. #fdabc5
  3. #eefdab
  4. #abfde3

Monochromatic

  1. #3f16f9
  2. #7d60fb
  3. #baabfd
  4. #efebff
  5. #efebff

Shades

#baabfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #baabfd
  2. #a79ae4
  3. #9589ca
  4. #8278b1
  5. #706798
  6. #5d567f
  7. #4a4465
  8. #38334c
  9. #252233
  10. #131119
  11. #000000

Tints

#baabfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #baabfd
  2. #c1b3fd
  3. #c8bcfd
  4. #cfc4fe
  5. #d6cdfe
  6. #ddd5fe
  7. #e3ddfe
  8. #eae6fe
  9. #f1eeff
  10. #f8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#baabfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #baabfd
  2. #b4a7f1
  3. #aea2e4
  4. #a99ed8
  5. #a39acb
  6. #9d96bf
  7. #9791b2
  8. #918da6
  9. #8c8999
  10. #86848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b2d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95b7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96b4fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #abb9c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5b2ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6b1fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1b4e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-baabfd {
  color: #baabfd;
}
Background
.bg-baabfd {
  background-color: #baabfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-baabfd {
  border: 2px solid #baabfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #baabfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 171 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 95% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-baabfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #baabfd, #e3abfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-baabfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 171 253 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.36 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.13 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.17 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.41 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.58 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.79 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.83 #455402 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Mauve
#baabfd  rgb(186, 171, 253)  hsl(251, 95%, 83%)  Mauve
#eefdab  rgb(238, 253, 171)  hsl(71, 95%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#fdbaab  rgb(253, 186, 171)  hsl(11, 95%, 83%)  Melon
#abfdba  rgb(171, 253, 186)  hsl(131, 95%, 83%)  Pale Green