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#C299FA

#c299fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c299fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 60% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.4% cyan, 38.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 265.36°, with 90.65% saturation and 79.02% 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 9.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 7.57.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4115

Complementary

  1. #c299fa
  2. #d1fa99

Split complementary

  1. #c299fa
  2. #faf299
  3. #a1fa99

Analogous

  1. #99a1fa
  2. #c299fa
  3. #f299fa

Triadic

  1. #c299fa
  2. #fac299
  3. #99fac2

Tetradic

  1. #c299fa
  2. #fa99d1
  3. #d1fa99
  4. #99fac2

Square

  1. #c299fa
  2. #fa99a1
  3. #d1fa99
  4. #99faf2

Monochromatic

  1. #6b0cee
  2. #9650f6
  3. #c299fa
  4. #eee2fe
  5. #f3ecfe

Shades

#c299fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c299fa
  2. #af8ae1
  3. #9b7ac8
  4. #886baf
  5. #745c96
  6. #614d7d
  7. #4e3d64
  8. #3a2e4b
  9. #271f32
  10. #130f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#c299fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c299fa
  2. #c8a3fb
  3. #ceadfb
  4. #d4b8fc
  5. #dac2fc
  6. #e1ccfd
  7. #e7d6fd
  8. #ede0fe
  9. #f3ebfe
  10. #f9f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c299fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c299fa
  2. #bb97ee
  3. #b594e2
  4. #ae92d5
  5. #a88fc9
  6. #a18dbd
  7. #9a8ab1
  8. #9488a5
  9. #8d8598
  10. #87838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5a5d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82abfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8aacf7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8a9be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fa4fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3a5f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bca3d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c299fa {
  color: #c299fa;
}
Background
.bg-c299fa {
  background-color: #c299fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c299fa {
  border: 2px solid #c299fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c299fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 153 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 91% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c299fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c299fa, #f299fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c299fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 153 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.57 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.77 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.80 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.08 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.38 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.79 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 12.65 #3d6605 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Mauve
#c299fa  rgb(194, 153, 250)  hsl(265, 91%, 79%)  Mauve
#d1fa99  rgb(209, 250, 153)  hsl(85, 91%, 79%)  Inchworm
#fac299  rgb(250, 194, 153)  hsl(25, 91%, 79%)  Peach Orange
#99fac2  rgb(153, 250, 194)  hsl(145, 91%, 79%)  Aquamarine