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#c0aefd ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c0aefd 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, 68.24% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.11% cyan, 31.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 253.67°, with 95.18% 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 10.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.14.

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Relative luminance0.4857

Complementary

  1. #c0aefd
  2. #ebfdae

Split complementary

  1. #c0aefd
  2. #fde8ae
  3. #c4fdae

Analogous

  1. #aec4fd
  2. #c0aefd
  3. #e8aefd

Triadic

  1. #c0aefd
  2. #fdc0ae
  3. #aefdc0

Tetradic

  1. #c0aefd
  2. #fdaeeb
  3. #ebfdae
  4. #aefdc0

Square

  1. #c0aefd
  2. #fdaec4
  3. #ebfdae
  4. #aefde8

Monochromatic

  1. #4c19f9
  2. #8663fb
  3. #c0aefd
  4. #f0ebff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#c0aefd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c0aefd
  2. #ad9de4
  3. #9a8bca
  4. #867ab1
  5. #736898
  6. #60577f
  7. #4d4665
  8. #3a344c
  9. #262333
  10. #131119
  11. #000000

Tints

#c0aefd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c0aefd
  2. #c6b6fd
  3. #cdbefd
  4. #d3c6fe
  5. #d9cefe
  6. #e0d7fe
  7. #e6dffe
  8. #ece7fe
  9. #f2efff
  10. #f9f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c0aefd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c0aefd
  2. #baa9f1
  3. #b3a5e4
  4. #ada0d8
  5. #a69ccb
  6. #a097bf
  7. #9a92b2
  8. #938ea6
  9. #8d8999
  10. #86858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcb5d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9abaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cb8fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4bbca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abb5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acb4fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b9b6e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c0aefd {
  color: #c0aefd;
}
Background
.bg-c0aefd {
  background-color: #c0aefd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c0aefd {
  border: 2px solid #c0aefd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c0aefd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 192 174 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 95% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c0aefd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c0aefd, #e8aefd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c0aefd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(192 174 253 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.14 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.38 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.61 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.60 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.89 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.88 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.86 #3f5102 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Mauve
#c0aefd  rgb(192, 174, 253)  hsl(254, 95%, 84%)  Mauve
#ebfdae  rgb(235, 253, 174)  hsl(74, 95%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#fdc0ae  rgb(253, 192, 174)  hsl(14, 95%, 84%)  Melon
#aefdc0  rgb(174, 253, 192)  hsl(134, 95%, 84%)  Granny Smith Apple