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#CD96FA

#cd96fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#cd96fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 58.82% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 273°, with 90.91% saturation and 78.43% 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 9.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 6.92.

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Relative luminance0.4169

Complementary

  1. #cd96fa
  2. #c3fa96

Split complementary

  1. #cd96fa
  2. #f5fa96
  3. #96fa9b

Analogous

  1. #9b96fa
  2. #cd96fa
  3. #fa96f5

Triadic

  1. #cd96fa
  2. #facd96
  3. #96facd

Tetradic

  1. #cd96fa
  2. #fa96c3
  3. #c3fa96
  4. #96facd

Square

  1. #cd96fa
  2. #fa9b96
  3. #c3fa96
  4. #96f5fa

Monochromatic

  1. #870bec
  2. #aa4df7
  3. #cd96fa
  4. #f0dffd
  5. #f6ecfe

Shades

#cd96fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd96fa
  2. #b987e1
  3. #a478c8
  4. #9069af
  5. #7b5a96
  6. #674b7d
  7. #523c64
  8. #3e2d4b
  9. #291e32
  10. #150f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd96fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd96fa
  2. #d2a1fb
  3. #d7abfb
  4. #dcb6fc
  5. #e1c0fc
  6. #e6cbfd
  7. #ebd5fd
  8. #f0e0fe
  9. #f5eafe
  10. #faf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd96fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd96fa
  2. #c594ee
  3. #be92e2
  4. #b68fd5
  5. #ae8dc9
  6. #a78bbd
  7. #9f89b1
  8. #9787a5
  9. #8f8498
  10. #88828c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bba4d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81aafe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8eaef7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7a5bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5a3fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aba5f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ca9fd8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd96fa {
  color: #cd96fa;
}
Background
.bg-cd96fa {
  background-color: #cd96fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd96fa {
  border: 2px solid #cd96fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd96fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 150 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 91% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd96fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd96fa, #fa96f5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd96fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 150 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.92 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.38 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.42 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.18 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.29 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.99 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 10.18 #326905 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Mauve
#cd96fa  rgb(205, 150, 250)  hsl(273, 91%, 78%)  Mauve
#c3fa96  rgb(195, 250, 150)  hsl(93, 91%, 78%)  Pale Green
#facd96  rgb(250, 205, 150)  hsl(33, 91%, 78%)  Peach Orange
#96facd  rgb(150, 250, 205)  hsl(153, 91%, 78%)  Aquamarine