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#C0ABFE

#c0abfe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c0abfe is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.29% red, 67.06% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.41% cyan, 32.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 255.18°, with 97.65% saturation and 83.33% 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 10.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.01.

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Relative luminance0.4749

Complementary

  1. #c0abfe
  2. #e9feab

Split complementary

  1. #c0abfe
  2. #fee9ab
  3. #bffeab

Analogous

  1. #abbffe
  2. #c0abfe
  3. #e9abfe

Triadic

  1. #c0abfe
  2. #fec0ab
  3. #abfec0

Tetradic

  1. #c0abfe
  2. #feabe9
  3. #e9feab
  4. #abfec0

Square

  1. #c0abfe
  2. #feabbf
  3. #e9feab
  4. #abfee9

Monochromatic

  1. #4f14fc
  2. #875ffd
  3. #c0abfe
  4. #f0ebff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#c0abfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c0abfe
  2. #ad9ae5
  3. #9a89cb
  4. #8678b2
  5. #736798
  6. #60567f
  7. #4d4466
  8. #3a334c
  9. #262233
  10. #131119
  11. #000000

Tints

#c0abfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c0abfe
  2. #c6b3fe
  3. #cdbcfe
  4. #d3c4fe
  5. #d9cdfe
  6. #e0d5ff
  7. #e6ddff
  8. #ece6ff
  9. #f2eeff
  10. #f9f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c0abfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c0abfe
  2. #baa7f1
  3. #b3a2e5
  4. #ad9ed8
  5. #a69acc
  6. #a096bf
  7. #9a91b2
  8. #938da6
  9. #8d8999
  10. #86848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbb2d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96b8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99b6fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3b9c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9b3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aab2fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9b3e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c0abfe {
  color: #c0abfe;
}
Background
.bg-c0abfe {
  background-color: #c0abfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c0abfe {
  border: 2px solid #c0abfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c0abfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 192 171 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 98% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c0abfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c0abfe, #e9abfe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c0abfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(192 171 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.01 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.48 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.28 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.01 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.19 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.68 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.32 #3f5401 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Mauve
#c0abfe  rgb(192, 171, 254)  hsl(255, 98%, 83%)  Mauve
#e9feab  rgb(233, 254, 171)  hsl(75, 98%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#fec0ab  rgb(254, 192, 171)  hsl(15, 98%, 83%)  Melon
#abfec0  rgb(171, 254, 192)  hsl(135, 98%, 83%)  Granny Smith Apple