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#CD97FA

#cd97fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#cd97fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 59.22% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18% cyan, 39.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 272.73°, with 90.83% saturation and 78.63% 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 9.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 6.7.

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Relative luminance0.4201

Complementary

  1. #cd97fa
  2. #c4fa97

Split complementary

  1. #cd97fa
  2. #f5fa97
  3. #97fa9c

Analogous

  1. #9c97fa
  2. #cd97fa
  3. #fa97f5

Triadic

  1. #cd97fa
  2. #facd97
  3. #97facd

Tetradic

  1. #cd97fa
  2. #fa97c4
  3. #c4fa97
  4. #97facd

Square

  1. #cd97fa
  2. #fa9c97
  3. #c4fa97
  4. #97f5fa

Monochromatic

  1. #860bed
  2. #aa4ef6
  3. #cd97fa
  4. #f0e0fe
  5. #f6ecfe

Shades

#cd97fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd97fa
  2. #b988e1
  3. #a479c8
  4. #906aaf
  5. #7b5b96
  6. #674c7d
  7. #523c64
  8. #3e2d4b
  9. #291e32
  10. #150f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd97fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd97fa
  2. #d2a1fb
  3. #d7acfb
  4. #dcb6fc
  5. #e1c1fc
  6. #e6cbfd
  7. #ebd5fd
  8. #f0e0fe
  9. #f5eafe
  10. #faf5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd97fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd97fa
  2. #c595ee
  3. #be92e2
  4. #b690d5
  5. #ae8ec9
  6. #a78cbd
  7. #9f89b1
  8. #9787a5
  9. #8f8598
  10. #88828c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bba5d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82abfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8faef7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7a6bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5a3fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aba5f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c9a0d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd97fa {
  color: #cd97fa;
}
Background
.bg-cd97fa {
  background-color: #cd97fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd97fa {
  border: 2px solid #cd97fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd97fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 151 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 91% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd97fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd97fa, #fa97f5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd97fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 151 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.70 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.23 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.59 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.42 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.43 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.89 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 10.34 #326805 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Mauve
#cd97fa  rgb(205, 151, 250)  hsl(273, 91%, 79%)  Mauve
#c4fa97  rgb(196, 250, 151)  hsl(93, 91%, 79%)  Pale Green
#facd97  rgb(250, 205, 151)  hsl(33, 91%, 79%)  Peach Orange
#97facd  rgb(151, 250, 205)  hsl(153, 91%, 79%)  Aquamarine