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#BEA8FF

#bea8ff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bea8ff is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 65.88% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.49% cyan, 34.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 255.17°, with 100% saturation and 82.94% 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 10.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.47.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4617

Complementary

  1. #bea8ff
  2. #e9ffa8

Split complementary

  1. #bea8ff
  2. #ffe9a8
  3. #bdffa8

Analogous

  1. #a8bdff
  2. #bea8ff
  3. #e9a8ff

Triadic

  1. #bea8ff
  2. #ffbea8
  3. #a8ffbe

Tetradic

  1. #bea8ff
  2. #ffa8e9
  3. #e9ffa8
  4. #a8ffbe

Square

  1. #bea8ff
  2. #ffa8bd
  3. #e9ffa8
  4. #a8ffe9

Monochromatic

  1. #4c0fff
  2. #855bff
  3. #bea8ff
  4. #f0ebff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#bea8ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bea8ff
  2. #ab97e6
  3. #9886cc
  4. #8576b3
  5. #726599
  6. #5f5480
  7. #4c4366
  8. #39324d
  9. #262233
  10. #13111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bea8ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bea8ff
  2. #c5b1ff
  3. #cbb9ff
  4. #d2c2ff
  5. #d8cbff
  6. #dfd4ff
  7. #e5dcff
  8. #ece5ff
  9. #f2eeff
  10. #f9f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bea8ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bea8ff
  2. #b8a4f2
  3. #b2a0e6
  4. #ab9cd9
  5. #a598cc
  6. #9f94c0
  7. #9990b3
  8. #938ca6
  9. #8c8899
  10. #86848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b0d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92b6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94b4fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1b7c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5b0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7affe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6b1e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bea8ff {
  color: #bea8ff;
}
Background
.bg-bea8ff {
  background-color: #bea8ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bea8ff {
  border: 2px solid #bea8ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bea8ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 168 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bea8ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bea8ff, #e9a8ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bea8ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 168 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.47 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.77 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.11 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.20 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.32 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.74 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.96 #415700 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Mauve
#bea8ff  rgb(190, 168, 255)  hsl(255, 100%, 83%)  Mauve
#e9ffa8  rgb(233, 255, 168)  hsl(75, 100%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffbea8  rgb(255, 190, 168)  hsl(15, 100%, 83%)  Melon
#a8ffbe  rgb(168, 255, 190)  hsl(135, 100%, 83%)  Pale Green