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#BBACFF

#bbacff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bbacff 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, 67.45% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.67% cyan, 32.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 250.84°, with 100% saturation and 83.73% 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 10.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 8.33.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4729

Complementary

  1. #bbacff
  2. #f0ffac

Split complementary

  1. #bbacff
  2. #ffe5ac
  3. #c7ffac

Analogous

  1. #acc7ff
  2. #bbacff
  3. #e5acff

Triadic

  1. #bbacff
  2. #ffbbac
  3. #acffbb

Tetradic

  1. #bbacff
  2. #ffacf0
  3. #f0ffac
  4. #acffbb

Square

  1. #bbacff
  2. #ffacc7
  3. #f0ffac
  4. #acffe5

Monochromatic

  1. #3e13ff
  2. #7c60ff
  3. #bbacff
  4. #eeebff
  5. #eeebff

Shades

#bbacff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bbacff
  2. #a89be6
  3. #968acc
  4. #8378b3
  5. #706799
  6. #5e5680
  7. #4b4566
  8. #38344d
  9. #252233
  10. #13111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bbacff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bbacff
  2. #c2b4ff
  3. #c9bdff
  4. #cfc5ff
  5. #d6cdff
  6. #ddd6ff
  7. #e4deff
  8. #ebe6ff
  9. #f1eeff
  10. #f8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bbacff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bbacff
  2. #b5a8f2
  3. #afa3e6
  4. #a99fd9
  5. #a39acc
  6. #9e96c0
  7. #9892b3
  8. #928da6
  9. #8c8999
  10. #86848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b3d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96b8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97b5fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #acbaca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6b3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7b2fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2b5e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bbacff {
  color: #bbacff;
}
Background
.bg-bbacff {
  background-color: #bbacff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bbacff {
  border: 2px solid #bbacff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bbacff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 172 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bbacff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbacff, #e5acff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bbacff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 172 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.33 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.99 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.30 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.61 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.45 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.96 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 13.04 #445300 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Mauve
#bbacff  rgb(187, 172, 255)  hsl(251, 100%, 84%)  Mauve
#f0ffac  rgb(240, 255, 172)  hsl(71, 100%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffbbac  rgb(255, 187, 172)  hsl(11, 100%, 84%)  Melon
#acffbb  rgb(172, 255, 187)  hsl(131, 100%, 84%)  Pale Green