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#C99FF8

#c99ff8 ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c99ff8 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 62.35% green and 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.95% cyan, 35.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 268.31°, 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 9.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 5.44.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4399

Complementary

  1. #c99ff8
  2. #cef89f

Split complementary

  1. #c99ff8
  2. #f8f59f
  3. #a1f89f

Analogous

  1. #9fa1f8
  2. #c99ff8
  3. #f59ff8

Triadic

  1. #c99ff8
  2. #f8c99f
  3. #9ff8c9

Tetradic

  1. #c99ff8
  2. #f89fce
  3. #cef89f
  4. #9ff8c9

Square

  1. #c99ff8
  2. #f89fa1
  3. #cef89f
  4. #9ff8f5

Monochromatic

  1. #7911ed
  2. #a158f3
  3. #c99ff8
  4. #f1e6fd
  5. #f4ecfe

Shades

#c99ff8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c99ff8
  2. #b58fdf
  3. #a17fc6
  4. #8d6fae
  5. #795f95
  6. #65507c
  7. #504063
  8. #3c304a
  9. #282032
  10. #141019
  11. #000000

Tints

#c99ff8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c99ff8
  2. #cea9f9
  3. #d4b2f9
  4. #d9bcfa
  5. #dfc5fb
  6. #e4cffc
  7. #e9d9fc
  8. #efe2fd
  9. #f4ecfe
  10. #faf5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c99ff8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c99ff8
  2. #c29cec
  3. #ba99e0
  4. #b396d4
  5. #ac93c8
  6. #a590bc
  7. #9d8cb0
  8. #9689a4
  9. #8f8698
  10. #87838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbaad1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cb0fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95b1f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2adc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8a9fa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acaaf7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5a7d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c99ff8 {
  color: #c99ff8;
}
Background
.bg-c99ff8 {
  background-color: #c99ff8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c99ff8 {
  border: 2px solid #c99ff8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c99ff8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 159 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 86% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c99ff8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c99ff8, #f59ff8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c99ff8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 159 248 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.44 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.18 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.65 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.93 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.36 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.84 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.63 #366007 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Mauve
#c99ff8  rgb(201, 159, 248)  hsl(268, 86%, 80%)  Mauve
#cef89f  rgb(206, 248, 159)  hsl(88, 86%, 80%)  Granny Smith Apple
#f8c99f  rgb(248, 201, 159)  hsl(28, 86%, 80%)  Peach Orange
#9ff8c9  rgb(159, 248, 201)  hsl(148, 86%, 80%)  Magic Mint