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#D8A5FA

#d8a5fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#d8a5fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.71% red, 64.71% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.6% cyan, 34% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 276°, with 89.47% saturation and 81.37% 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 10.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 2.74.

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Relative luminance0.4841

Complementary

  1. #d8a5fa
  2. #c7faa5

Split complementary

  1. #d8a5fa
  2. #f1faa5
  3. #a5faad

Analogous

  1. #ada5fa
  2. #d8a5fa
  3. #faa5f1

Triadic

  1. #d8a5fa
  2. #fad8a5
  3. #a5fad8

Tetradic

  1. #d8a5fa
  2. #faa5c7
  3. #c7faa5
  4. #a5fad8

Square

  1. #d8a5fa
  2. #faada5
  3. #c7faa5
  4. #a5f1fa

Monochromatic

  1. #9914f2
  2. #b95df6
  3. #d8a5fa
  4. #f7ecfe
  5. #f7ecfe

Shades

#d8a5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d8a5fa
  2. #c295e1
  3. #ad84c8
  4. #9774af
  5. #826396
  6. #6c537d
  7. #564264
  8. #41324b
  9. #2b2132
  10. #161119
  11. #000000

Tints

#d8a5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d8a5fa
  2. #dcaefb
  3. #e0b7fb
  4. #e4c0fc
  5. #e8c9fc
  6. #ecd2fd
  7. #efdbfd
  8. #f3e4fe
  9. #f7edfe
  10. #fbf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d8a5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d8a5fa
  2. #cfa1ee
  3. #c69ee2
  4. #be9ad5
  5. #b596c9
  6. #ac93bd
  7. #a38fb1
  8. #9a8ba5
  9. #928798
  10. #89848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6b1d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96b6fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1baf7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d5b1c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4b0fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bab2f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d6acdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d8a5fa {
  color: #d8a5fa;
}
Background
.bg-d8a5fa {
  background-color: #d8a5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d8a5fa {
  border: 2px solid #d8a5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d8a5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 216 165 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 89% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d8a5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d8a5fa, #faa5f1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d8a5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(216 165 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 2.74 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.49 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.59 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.28 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.65 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.84 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.34 #275a05 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Mauve
#d8a5fa  rgb(216, 165, 250)  hsl(276, 89%, 81%)  Mauve
#c7faa5  rgb(199, 250, 165)  hsl(96, 89%, 81%)  Granny Smith Apple
#fad8a5  rgb(250, 216, 165)  hsl(36, 89%, 81%)  Sunset
#a5fad8  rgb(165, 250, 216)  hsl(156, 89%, 81%)  Magic Mint