ColorTool
Log in
#BBA9FA

#bba9fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
Check contrast Explore in graph Random color

#bba9fa is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 66.27% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 32.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 253.33°, with 89.01% 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 10.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.8.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

HEX
RGB
RGB percent
CMY
CMYK
HSL
HSV / HSB
Web safe#cc99ff
CIE-LAB
XYZ
xyY
CIE-LCH
CIE-LUV
Hunter-Lab
OKLab
Binary
Decimal
Relative luminance0.4584

Complementary

  1. #bba9fa
  2. #e8faa9

Split complementary

  1. #bba9fa
  2. #fae4a9
  3. #c0faa9

Analogous

  1. #a9c0fa
  2. #bba9fa
  3. #e4a9fa

Triadic

  1. #bba9fa
  2. #fabba9
  3. #a9fabb

Tetradic

  1. #bba9fa
  2. #faa9e8
  3. #e8faa9
  4. #a9fabb

Square

  1. #bba9fa
  2. #faa9c0
  3. #e8faa9
  4. #a9fae4

Monochromatic

  1. #4918f2
  2. #8261f6
  3. #bba9fa
  4. #f0ecfe
  5. #f0ecfe

Shades

#bba9fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bba9fa
  2. #a898e1
  3. #9687c8
  4. #8376af
  5. #706596
  6. #5e557d
  7. #4b4464
  8. #38334b
  9. #252232
  10. #131119
  11. #000000

Tints

#bba9fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bba9fa
  2. #c2b2fb
  3. #c9bafb
  4. #cfc3fc
  5. #d6cbfc
  6. #ddd4fd
  7. #e4ddfd
  8. #ebe5fe
  9. #f1eefe
  10. #f8f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bba9fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bba9fa
  2. #b5a5ee
  3. #afa1e2
  4. #a99dd5
  5. #a399c9
  6. #9e95bd
  7. #9890b1
  8. #928ca5
  9. #8c8898
  10. #86848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7b0d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94b5fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96b3f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aeb7c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5b1fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6aff9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3b1dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
Simulate on your own image

Text in this color

Background in this color

Border in this color

Text color
.text-bba9fa {
  color: #bba9fa;
}
Background
.bg-bba9fa {
  background-color: #bba9fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bba9fa {
  border: 2px solid #bba9fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bba9fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 169 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 89% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bba9fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bba9fa, #e4a9fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bba9fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 169 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.80 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.59 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.39 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.50 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.13 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.05 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.05 #445605 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Mauve
#bba9fa  rgb(187, 169, 250)  hsl(253, 89%, 82%)  Mauve
#e8faa9  rgb(232, 250, 169)  hsl(73, 89%, 82%)  Pastel Yellow
#fabba9  rgb(250, 187, 169)  hsl(13, 89%, 82%)  Melon
#a9fabb  rgb(169, 250, 187)  hsl(133, 89%, 82%)  Granny Smith Apple