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#C2ADFF

#c2adff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c2adff is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 67.84% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.92% cyan, 32.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 255.37°, with 100% saturation and 83.92% 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 10.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 6.72.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4858

Complementary

  1. #c2adff
  2. #eaffad

Split complementary

  1. #c2adff
  2. #ffebad
  3. #c1ffad

Analogous

  1. #adc1ff
  2. #c2adff
  3. #ebadff

Triadic

  1. #c2adff
  2. #ffc2ad
  3. #adffc2

Tetradic

  1. #c2adff
  2. #ffadea
  3. #eaffad
  4. #adffc2

Square

  1. #c2adff
  2. #ffadc1
  3. #eaffad
  4. #adffeb

Monochromatic

  1. #5014ff
  2. #8960ff
  3. #c2adff
  4. #f0ebff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#c2adff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2adff
  2. #af9ce6
  3. #9b8acc
  4. #8879b3
  5. #746899
  6. #615780
  7. #4e4566
  8. #3a344d
  9. #272333
  10. #13111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2adff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2adff
  2. #c8b5ff
  3. #cebdff
  4. #d4c6ff
  5. #daceff
  6. #e1d6ff
  7. #e7deff
  8. #ede6ff
  9. #f3efff
  10. #f9f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2adff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2adff
  2. #bba9f2
  3. #b5a4e6
  4. #aea0d9
  5. #a89bcc
  6. #a197c0
  7. #9a92b3
  8. #948ea6
  9. #8d8999
  10. #87858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb4d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99baff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb8fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6bbcb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abb5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acb4fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bbb5e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2adff {
  color: #c2adff;
}
Background
.bg-c2adff {
  background-color: #c2adff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2adff {
  border: 2px solid #c2adff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2adff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 173 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2adff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2adff, #ebadff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2adff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 173 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.72 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.47 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.85 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.10 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.13 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.60 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.74 #3d5200 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Mauve
#c2adff  rgb(194, 173, 255)  hsl(255, 100%, 84%)  Mauve
#eaffad  rgb(234, 255, 173)  hsl(75, 100%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffc2ad  rgb(255, 194, 173)  hsl(15, 100%, 84%)  Zinnwaldite
#adffc2  rgb(173, 255, 194)  hsl(135, 100%, 84%)  Granny Smith Apple