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#cfa9fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#cfa9fa is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 66.27% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.2% cyan, 32.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 268.15°, with 89.01% saturation and 82.16% 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 10.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 3.37.

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Relative luminance0.4854

Complementary

  1. #cfa9fa
  2. #d4faa9

Split complementary

  1. #cfa9fa
  2. #faf8a9
  3. #acfaa9

Analogous

  1. #a9acfa
  2. #cfa9fa
  3. #f8a9fa

Triadic

  1. #cfa9fa
  2. #facfa9
  3. #a9facf

Tetradic

  1. #cfa9fa
  2. #faa9d4
  3. #d4faa9
  4. #a9facf

Square

  1. #cfa9fa
  2. #faa9ac
  3. #d4faa9
  4. #a9faf8

Monochromatic

  1. #7e18f2
  2. #a761f6
  3. #cfa9fa
  4. #f4ecfe
  5. #f4ecfe

Shades

#cfa9fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfa9fa
  2. #ba98e1
  3. #a687c8
  4. #9176af
  5. #7c6596
  6. #68557d
  7. #534464
  8. #3e334b
  9. #292232
  10. #151119
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfa9fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfa9fa
  2. #d4b2fb
  3. #d9bafb
  4. #ddc3fc
  5. #e2cbfc
  6. #e7d4fd
  7. #ecddfd
  8. #f1e5fe
  9. #f5eefe
  10. #faf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfa9fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfa9fa
  2. #c7a5ee
  3. #bfa1e2
  4. #b79dd5
  5. #af99c9
  6. #a895bd
  7. #a090b1
  8. #988ca5
  9. #908898
  10. #88848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2b3d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99b8fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0b9f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c9b5c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1b2fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5b3f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cbb0dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfa9fa {
  color: #cfa9fa;
}
Background
.bg-cfa9fa {
  background-color: #cfa9fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfa9fa {
  border: 2px solid #cfa9fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfa9fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 169 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 89% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfa9fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfa9fa, #f8a9fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfa9fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 169 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 3.37 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.70 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.04 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.79 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.83 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.32 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.54 #305605 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Mauve
#cfa9fa  rgb(207, 169, 250)  hsl(268, 89%, 82%)  Mauve
#d4faa9  rgb(212, 250, 169)  hsl(88, 89%, 82%)  Tea Green
#facfa9  rgb(250, 207, 169)  hsl(28, 89%, 82%)  Light Apricot
#a9facf  rgb(169, 250, 207)  hsl(148, 89%, 82%)  Magic Mint