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#D8AFFF

#d8afff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#d8afff is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 84.71% red, 68.63% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.29% cyan, 31.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 270.75°, with 100% saturation and 84.31% 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 1.73.

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Relative luminance0.5248

Complementary

  1. #d8afff
  2. #d6ffaf

Split complementary

  1. #d8afff
  2. #feffaf
  3. #afffb0

Analogous

  1. #b0afff
  2. #d8afff
  3. #ffaffe

Triadic

  1. #d8afff
  2. #ffd8af
  3. #afffd8

Tetradic

  1. #d8afff
  2. #ffafd6
  3. #d6ffaf
  4. #afffd8

Square

  1. #d8afff
  2. #ffb0af
  3. #d6ffaf
  4. #affeff

Monochromatic

  1. #8d16ff
  2. #b362ff
  3. #d8afff
  4. #f5ebff
  5. #f5ebff

Shades

#d8afff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d8afff
  2. #c29ee6
  3. #ad8ccc
  4. #977bb3
  5. #826999
  6. #6c5880
  7. #564666
  8. #41354d
  9. #2b2333
  10. #16121a
  11. #000000

Tints

#d8afff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d8afff
  2. #dcb7ff
  3. #e0bfff
  4. #e4c7ff
  5. #e8cfff
  6. #ecd7ff
  7. #efdfff
  8. #f3e7ff
  9. #f7efff
  10. #fbf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d8afff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d8afff
  2. #cfaaf2
  3. #c6a6e6
  4. #bea1d9
  5. #b59ccc
  6. #ac98c0
  7. #a393b3
  8. #9a8ea6
  9. #928999
  10. #89858d
  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 #cab9dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0beff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8c0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d3bacc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9b8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdbafe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d5b6e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d8afff {
  color: #d8afff;
}
Background
.bg-d8afff {
  background-color: #d8afff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d8afff {
  border: 2px solid #d8afff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d8afff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 216 175 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d8afff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d8afff, #ffaffe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d8afff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(216 175 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 1.73 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.29 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.81 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.42 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.93 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.77 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.89 #275000 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Mauve
#d8afff  rgb(216, 175, 255)  hsl(271, 100%, 84%)  Mauve
#d6ffaf  rgb(214, 255, 175)  hsl(91, 100%, 84%)  Tea Green
#ffd8af  rgb(255, 216, 175)  hsl(31, 100%, 84%)  Light Apricot
#afffd8  rgb(175, 255, 216)  hsl(151, 100%, 84%)  Magic Mint