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#CB9EFA

#cb9efa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#cb9efa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 61.96% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.8% cyan, 36.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 269.35°, with 90.2% saturation and 80% 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 9.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 5.49.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4405

Complementary

  1. #cb9efa
  2. #cdfa9e

Split complementary

  1. #cb9efa
  2. #faf99e
  3. #9ffa9e

Analogous

  1. #9e9ffa
  2. #cb9efa
  3. #f99efa

Triadic

  1. #cb9efa
  2. #facb9e
  3. #9efacb

Tetradic

  1. #cb9efa
  2. #fa9ecd
  3. #cdfa9e
  4. #9efacb

Square

  1. #cb9efa
  2. #fa9e9f
  3. #cdfa9e
  4. #9efaf9

Monochromatic

  1. #7d0cf3
  2. #a455f6
  3. #cb9efa
  4. #f2e7fe
  5. #f5ecfe

Shades

#cb9efa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cb9efa
  2. #b78ee1
  3. #a27ec8
  4. #8e6faf
  5. #7a5f96
  6. #664f7d
  7. #513f64
  8. #3d2f4b
  9. #292032
  10. #141019
  11. #000000

Tints

#cb9efa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cb9efa
  2. #d0a8fb
  3. #d5b1fb
  4. #dbbbfc
  5. #e0c5fc
  6. #e5cffd
  7. #ead8fd
  8. #efe2fe
  9. #f5ecfe
  10. #faf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cb9efa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cb9efa
  2. #c49bee
  3. #bc98e2
  4. #b595d5
  5. #ad92c9
  6. #a68fbd
  7. #9e8cb1
  8. #9789a5
  9. #8f8698
  10. #88838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcaad2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab0fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94b2f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4acc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8a9fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adaaf8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7a7da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cb9efa {
  color: #cb9efa;
}
Background
.bg-cb9efa {
  background-color: #cb9efa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cb9efa {
  border: 2px solid #cb9efa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cb9efa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 158 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 90% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cb9efa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cb9efa, #f99efa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cb9efa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 158 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.49 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.49 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.70 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.83 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.92 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.34 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 11.93 #346105 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Mauve
#cb9efa  rgb(203, 158, 250)  hsl(269, 90%, 80%)  Mauve
#cdfa9e  rgb(205, 250, 158)  hsl(89, 90%, 80%)  Pale Green
#facb9e  rgb(250, 203, 158)  hsl(29, 90%, 80%)  Peach Orange
#9efacb  rgb(158, 250, 203)  hsl(149, 90%, 80%)  Aquamarine