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#bfa9fb ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bfa9fb is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 66.27% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.9% cyan, 32.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 256.1°, with 91.11% saturation and 82.35% 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 10.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 6.93.

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Relative luminance0.4642

Complementary

  1. #bfa9fb
  2. #e5fba9

Split complementary

  1. #bfa9fb
  2. #fbe8a9
  3. #bcfba9

Analogous

  1. #a9bcfb
  2. #bfa9fb
  3. #e8a9fb

Triadic

  1. #bfa9fb
  2. #fbbfa9
  3. #a9fbbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfa9fb
  2. #fba9e5
  3. #e5fba9
  4. #a9fbbf

Square

  1. #bfa9fb
  2. #fba9bc
  3. #e5fba9
  4. #a9fbe8

Monochromatic

  1. #5217f4
  2. #8960f8
  3. #bfa9fb
  4. #f0ecfe
  5. #f0ecfe

Shades

#bfa9fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfa9fb
  2. #ac98e2
  3. #9987c9
  4. #8676b0
  5. #736597
  6. #60557e
  7. #4c4464
  8. #39334b
  9. #262232
  10. #131119
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfa9fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfa9fb
  2. #c5b2fb
  3. #ccbafc
  4. #d2c3fc
  5. #d9cbfd
  6. #dfd4fd
  7. #e5ddfd
  8. #ece5fe
  9. #f2eefe
  10. #f9f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfa9fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfa9fb
  2. #b9a5ef
  3. #b2a1e2
  4. #ac9dd6
  5. #a699ca
  6. #a095be
  7. #9990b1
  8. #938ca5
  9. #8d8899
  10. #86848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9b1d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95b6fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98b4f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3b7c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7b1fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9b0fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8b1de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfa9fb {
  color: #bfa9fb;
}
Background
.bg-bfa9fb {
  background-color: #bfa9fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfa9fb {
  border: 2px solid #bfa9fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfa9fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 169 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 91% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfa9fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfa9fb, #e8a9fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfa9fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 169 251 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.93 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.01 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.65 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.00 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.31 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.52 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.77 #405604 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Mauve
#bfa9fb  rgb(191, 169, 251)  hsl(256, 91%, 82%)  Mauve
#e5fba9  rgb(229, 251, 169)  hsl(76, 91%, 82%)  Pastel Yellow
#fbbfa9  rgb(251, 191, 169)  hsl(16, 91%, 82%)  Zinnwaldite
#a9fbbf  rgb(169, 251, 191)  hsl(136, 91%, 82%)  Granny Smith Apple