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#DBAFFE

#dbaffe ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#dbaffe is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.78% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 273.42°, with 97.53% saturation and 84.12% 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 11.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 0.98.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.5288

Complementary

  1. #dbaffe
  2. #d2feaf

Split complementary

  1. #dbaffe
  2. #f9feaf
  3. #affeb4

Analogous

  1. #b4affe
  2. #dbaffe
  3. #feaff9

Triadic

  1. #dbaffe
  2. #fedbaf
  3. #affedb

Tetradic

  1. #dbaffe
  2. #feafd2
  3. #d2feaf
  4. #affedb

Square

  1. #dbaffe
  2. #feb4af
  3. #d2feaf
  4. #aff9fe

Monochromatic

  1. #9718fc
  2. #b963fd
  3. #dbaffe
  4. #f6ebff
  5. #f6ebff

Shades

#dbaffe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbaffe
  2. #c59ee5
  3. #af8ccb
  4. #997bb2
  5. #836998
  6. #6e587f
  7. #584666
  8. #42354c
  9. #2c2333
  10. #161219
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbaffe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbaffe
  2. #dfb7fe
  3. #e2bffe
  4. #e6c7fe
  5. #e9cffe
  6. #edd7ff
  7. #f1dfff
  8. #f4e7ff
  9. #f8efff
  10. #fbf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbaffe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbaffe
  2. #d2aaf1
  3. #c9a6e5
  4. #c0a1d8
  5. #b79ccc
  6. #ae98bf
  7. #a493b2
  8. #9b8ea6
  9. #928999
  10. #89858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccbadc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1beff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aac1fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d7bacc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbb8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0bafd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d9b6e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbaffe {
  color: #dbaffe;
}
Background
.bg-dbaffe {
  background-color: #dbaffe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbaffe {
  border: 2px solid #dbaffe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbaffe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbaffe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbaffe, #feaff9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbaffe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 0.98 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.09 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.22 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.62 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.86 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.35 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 13.02 #245001 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Mauve
#dbaffe  rgb(219, 175, 254)  hsl(273, 98%, 84%)  Mauve
#d2feaf  rgb(210, 254, 175)  hsl(93, 98%, 84%)  Tea Green
#fedbaf  rgb(254, 219, 175)  hsl(33, 98%, 84%)  Sunset
#affedb  rgb(175, 254, 219)  hsl(153, 98%, 84%)  Magic Mint