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#C2AFFA

#c2affa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c2affa 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, 68.63% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.4% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 255.2°, with 88.24% 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 10.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 6.56.

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Relative luminance0.4903

Complementary

  1. #c2affa
  2. #e7faaf

Split complementary

  1. #c2affa
  2. #fae7af
  3. #c1faaf

Analogous

  1. #afc1fa
  2. #c2affa
  3. #e7affa

Triadic

  1. #c2affa
  2. #fac2af
  3. #affac2

Tetradic

  1. #c2affa
  2. #faafe7
  3. #e7faaf
  4. #affac2

Square

  1. #c2affa
  2. #faafc1
  3. #e7faaf
  4. #affae7

Monochromatic

  1. #541ff1
  2. #8b67f6
  3. #c2affa
  4. #f0ecfe
  5. #f0ecfe

Shades

#c2affa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c2affa
  2. #af9ee1
  3. #9b8cc8
  4. #887baf
  5. #746996
  6. #61587d
  7. #4e4664
  8. #3a354b
  9. #272332
  10. #131219
  11. #000000

Tints

#c2affa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c2affa
  2. #c8b7fb
  3. #cebffb
  4. #d4c7fc
  5. #dacffc
  6. #e1d7fd
  7. #e7dffd
  8. #ede7fe
  9. #f3effe
  10. #f9f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c2affa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c2affa
  2. #bbaaee
  3. #b5a6e2
  4. #aea1d5
  5. #a89cc9
  6. #a198bd
  7. #9a93b1
  8. #948ea5
  9. #8d8998
  10. #87858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb6d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9dbafd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0b9f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7bbca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adb6fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aeb5f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bcb6df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c2affa {
  color: #c2affa;
}
Background
.bg-c2affa {
  background-color: #c2affa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c2affa {
  border: 2px solid #c2affa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c2affa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 175 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 88% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c2affa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c2affa, #e7affa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c2affa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 175 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.56 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.92 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.02 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.67 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.20 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.29 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.06 #3d5005 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Mauve
#c2affa  rgb(194, 175, 250)  hsl(255, 88%, 83%)  Mauve
#e7faaf  rgb(231, 250, 175)  hsl(75, 88%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow
#fac2af  rgb(250, 194, 175)  hsl(15, 88%, 83%)  Zinnwaldite
#affac2  rgb(175, 250, 194)  hsl(135, 88%, 83%)  Celadon