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#c8a1fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8a1fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 63.14% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20% cyan, 35.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 266.29°, with 89.9% saturation and 80.59% 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 9.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 5.46.

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Relative luminance0.4467

Complementary

  1. #c8a1fa
  2. #d3faa1

Split complementary

  1. #c8a1fa
  2. #faf4a1
  3. #a7faa1

Analogous

  1. #a1a7fa
  2. #c8a1fa
  3. #f4a1fa

Triadic

  1. #c8a1fa
  2. #fac8a1
  3. #a1fac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a1fa
  2. #faa1d3
  3. #d3faa1
  4. #a1fac8

Square

  1. #c8a1fa
  2. #faa1a7
  3. #d3faa1
  4. #a1faf4

Monochromatic

  1. #7310f2
  2. #9d58f6
  3. #c8a1fa
  4. #f3eafe
  5. #f4ecfe

Shades

#c8a1fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a1fa
  2. #b491e1
  3. #a081c8
  4. #8c71af
  5. #786196
  6. #64517d
  7. #504064
  8. #3c304b
  9. #282032
  10. #141019
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a1fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a1fa
  2. #ceaafb
  3. #d3b4fb
  4. #d9bdfc
  5. #dec7fc
  6. #e4d0fd
  7. #e9d9fd
  8. #efe3fe
  9. #f4ecfe
  10. #faf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a1fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a1fa
  2. #c19eee
  3. #ba9ae2
  4. #b297d5
  5. #ab94c9
  6. #a491bd
  7. #9d8db1
  8. #968aa5
  9. #8e8798
  10. #87838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbacd3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8db1fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95b2f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0afc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8abfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acacf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c3a9db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a1fa {
  color: #c8a1fa;
}
Background
.bg-c8a1fa {
  background-color: #c8a1fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a1fa {
  border: 2px solid #c8a1fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a1fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 161 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 90% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a1fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a1fa, #f4a1fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a1fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 161 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.46 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.52 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.12 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.44 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.04 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.41 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.89 #375e05 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Mauve
#c8a1fa  rgb(200, 161, 250)  hsl(266, 90%, 81%)  Mauve
#d3faa1  rgb(211, 250, 161)  hsl(86, 90%, 81%)  Tea Green
#fac8a1  rgb(250, 200, 161)  hsl(26, 90%, 81%)  Apricot
#a1fac8  rgb(161, 250, 200)  hsl(146, 90%, 81%)  Aquamarine