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#BBABFF

#bbabff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bbabff 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, 67.06% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.67% cyan, 32.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 251.43°, with 100% saturation and 83.53% 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 10.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.26.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4691

Complementary

  1. #bbabff
  2. #efffab

Split complementary

  1. #bbabff
  2. #ffe5ab
  3. #c5ffab

Analogous

  1. #abc5ff
  2. #bbabff
  3. #e5abff

Triadic

  1. #bbabff
  2. #ffbbab
  3. #abffbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbabff
  2. #ffabef
  3. #efffab
  4. #abffbb

Square

  1. #bbabff
  2. #ffabc5
  3. #efffab
  4. #abffe5

Monochromatic

  1. #3f12ff
  2. #7d5fff
  3. #bbabff
  4. #eeebff
  5. #eeebff

Shades

#bbabff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbabff
  2. #a89ae6
  3. #9689cc
  4. #8378b3
  5. #706799
  6. #5e5680
  7. #4b4466
  8. #38334d
  9. #252233
  10. #13111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbabff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbabff
  2. #c2b3ff
  3. #c9bcff
  4. #cfc4ff
  5. #d6cdff
  6. #ddd5ff
  7. #e4ddff
  8. #ebe6ff
  9. #f1eeff
  10. #f8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbabff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbabff
  2. #b5a7f2
  3. #afa2e6
  4. #a99ed9
  5. #a39acc
  6. #9e96c0
  7. #9891b3
  8. #928da6
  9. #8c8999
  10. #86848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b2d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95b7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96b5fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #acb9ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5b3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6b1fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2b4e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbabff {
  color: #bbabff;
}
Background
.bg-bbabff {
  background-color: #bbabff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbabff {
  border: 2px solid #bbabff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbabff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 171 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbabff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbabff, #e5abff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbabff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 171 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.26 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.26 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.42 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.52 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.59 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.77 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.85 #445400 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Mauve
#bbabff  rgb(187, 171, 255)  hsl(251, 100%, 84%)  Mauve
#efffab  rgb(239, 255, 171)  hsl(71, 100%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffbbab  rgb(255, 187, 171)  hsl(11, 100%, 84%)  Melon
#abffbb  rgb(171, 255, 187)  hsl(131, 100%, 84%)  Pale Green