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#CBB4FE

#cbb4fe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#cbb4fe is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 70.59% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.08% cyan, 29.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 258.65°, with 97.37% saturation and 85.1% 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 11.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 5.24.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5249

Complementary

  1. #cbb4fe
  2. #e7feb4

Split complementary

  1. #cbb4fe
  2. #fef0b4
  3. #c2feb4

Analogous

  1. #b4c2fe
  2. #cbb4fe
  3. #f0b4fe

Triadic

  1. #cbb4fe
  2. #fecbb4
  3. #b4fecb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb4fe
  2. #feb4e7
  3. #e7feb4
  4. #b4fecb

Square

  1. #cbb4fe
  2. #feb4c2
  3. #e7feb4
  4. #b4fef0

Monochromatic

  1. #621dfc
  2. #9769fd
  3. #cbb4fe
  4. #f1ebff
  5. #f1ebff

Shades

#cbb4fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb4fe
  2. #b7a2e5
  3. #a290cb
  4. #8e7eb2
  5. #7a6c98
  6. #665a7f
  7. #514866
  8. #3d364c
  9. #292433
  10. #141219
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb4fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb4fe
  2. #d0bcfe
  3. #d5c3fe
  4. #dbcbfe
  5. #e0d2fe
  6. #e5daff
  7. #eae1ff
  8. #efe9ff
  9. #f5f0ff
  10. #faf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb4fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb4fe
  2. #c4aff1
  3. #bcaae5
  4. #b5a4d8
  5. #ad9fcc
  6. #a69abf
  7. #9e95b2
  8. #9790a6
  9. #8f8a99
  10. #88858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4bbdb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3c0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7bffc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2c0ce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5bbff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6bbfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5bbe3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb4fe {
  color: #cbb4fe;
}
Background
.bg-cbb4fe {
  background-color: #cbb4fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb4fe {
  border: 2px solid #cbb4fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb4fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 180 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 97% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb4fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb4fe, #f0b4fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb4fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 180 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.24 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.42 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.75 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.50 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.83 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.76 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.86 #344b01 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Mauve
#cbb4fe  rgb(203, 180, 254)  hsl(259, 97%, 85%)  Mauve
#e7feb4  rgb(231, 254, 180)  hsl(79, 97%, 85%)  Tea Green
#fecbb4  rgb(254, 203, 180)  hsl(19, 97%, 85%)  Apricot
#b4fecb  rgb(180, 254, 203)  hsl(139, 97%, 85%)  Magic Mint