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#BE9EFF

#be9eff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#be9eff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 61.96% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.49% cyan, 38.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 259.79°, with 100% saturation and 80.98% 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 9.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.96.

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Relative luminance0.4262

Complementary

  1. #be9eff
  2. #dfff9e

Split complementary

  1. #be9eff
  2. #ffee9e
  3. #afff9e

Analogous

  1. #9eafff
  2. #be9eff
  3. #ee9eff

Triadic

  1. #be9eff
  2. #ffbe9e
  3. #9effbe

Tetradic

  1. #be9eff
  2. #ff9edf
  3. #dfff9e
  4. #9effbe

Square

  1. #be9eff
  2. #ff9eaf
  3. #dfff9e
  4. #9effee

Monochromatic

  1. #5705ff
  2. #8b51ff
  3. #be9eff
  4. #f1eaff
  5. #f1ebff

Shades

#be9eff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #be9eff
  2. #ab8ee6
  3. #987ecc
  4. #856fb3
  5. #725f99
  6. #5f4f80
  7. #4c3f66
  8. #392f4d
  9. #262033
  10. #13101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#be9eff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #be9eff
  2. #c5a8ff
  3. #cbb1ff
  4. #d2bbff
  5. #d8c5ff
  6. #dfcfff
  7. #e5d8ff
  8. #ece2ff
  9. #f2ecff
  10. #f9f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#be9eff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #be9eff
  2. #b89bf2
  3. #b298e6
  4. #ab95d9
  5. #a592cc
  6. #9f8fc0
  7. #998cb3
  8. #9389a6
  9. #8c8699
  10. #86838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5a8d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85afff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8aaefc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1aec3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fa8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2a8fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7a8dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-be9eff {
  color: #be9eff;
}
Background
.bg-be9eff {
  background-color: #be9eff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-be9eff {
  border: 2px solid #be9eff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #be9eff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 158 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 100% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-be9eff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #be9eff, #ee9eff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-be9eff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 158 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.96 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.75 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.36 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.63 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.80 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.87 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 12.71 #416100 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Mauve
#be9eff  rgb(190, 158, 255)  hsl(260, 100%, 81%)  Mauve
#dfff9e  rgb(223, 255, 158)  hsl(80, 100%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffbe9e  rgb(255, 190, 158)  hsl(20, 100%, 81%)  Apricot
#9effbe  rgb(158, 255, 190)  hsl(140, 100%, 81%)  Pale Green