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#C69FF8

#c69ff8 ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c69ff8 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.65% red, 62.35% green and 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.16% cyan, 35.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 266.29°, with 86.41% saturation and 79.8% 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 9.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 5.9.

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Relative luminance0.4358

Complementary

  1. #c69ff8
  2. #d1f89f

Split complementary

  1. #c69ff8
  2. #f8f29f
  3. #a4f89f

Analogous

  1. #9fa4f8
  2. #c69ff8
  3. #f29ff8

Triadic

  1. #c69ff8
  2. #f8c69f
  3. #9ff8c6

Tetradic

  1. #c69ff8
  2. #f89fd1
  3. #d1f89f
  4. #9ff8c6

Square

  1. #c69ff8
  2. #f89fa4
  3. #d1f89f
  4. #9ff8f2

Monochromatic

  1. #7111ed
  2. #9c58f3
  3. #c69ff8
  4. #f0e6fd
  5. #f4ecfe

Shades

#c69ff8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c69ff8
  2. #b28fdf
  3. #9e7fc6
  4. #8b6fae
  5. #775f95
  6. #63507c
  7. #4f4063
  8. #3b304a
  9. #282032
  10. #141019
  11. #000000

Tints

#c69ff8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c69ff8
  2. #cca9f9
  3. #d1b2f9
  4. #d7bcfa
  5. #ddc5fb
  6. #e3cffc
  7. #e8d9fc
  8. #eee2fd
  9. #f4ecfe
  10. #f9f5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c69ff8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c69ff8
  2. #bf9cec
  3. #b899e0
  4. #b196d4
  5. #aa93c8
  6. #a390bc
  7. #9c8cb0
  8. #9589a4
  9. #8e8698
  10. #87838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9aad1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8baffb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93b0f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #beadc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6a9fa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aaaaf7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1a7d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c69ff8 {
  color: #c69ff8;
}
Background
.bg-c69ff8 {
  background-color: #c69ff8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c69ff8 {
  border: 2px solid #c69ff8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c69ff8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 198 159 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 86% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c69ff8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c69ff8, #f29ff8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c69ff8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(198 159 248 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.90 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.48 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.92 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.17 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.92 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.15 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.87 #396007 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Mauve
#c69ff8  rgb(198, 159, 248)  hsl(266, 86%, 80%)  Mauve
#d1f89f  rgb(209, 248, 159)  hsl(86, 86%, 80%)  Granny Smith Apple
#f8c69f  rgb(248, 198, 159)  hsl(26, 86%, 80%)  Apricot
#9ff8c6  rgb(159, 248, 198)  hsl(146, 86%, 80%)  Aquamarine