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#DCA4FA

#dca4fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#dca4fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 64.31% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12% cyan, 34.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 279.07°, with 89.58% saturation and 81.18% 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 10.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 2.87.

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Relative luminance0.4867

Complementary

  1. #dca4fa
  2. #c2faa4

Split complementary

  1. #dca4fa
  2. #edfaa4
  3. #a4fab1

Analogous

  1. #b1a4fa
  2. #dca4fa
  3. #faa4ed

Triadic

  1. #dca4fa
  2. #fadca4
  3. #a4fadc

Tetradic

  1. #dca4fa
  2. #faa4c2
  3. #c2faa4
  4. #a4fadc

Square

  1. #dca4fa
  2. #fab1a4
  3. #c2faa4
  4. #a4edfa

Monochromatic

  1. #a413f2
  2. #c05cf6
  3. #dca4fa
  4. #f8ecfe
  5. #f8ecfe

Shades

#dca4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca4fa
  2. #c694e1
  3. #b083c8
  4. #9a73af
  5. #846296
  6. #6e527d
  7. #584264
  8. #42314b
  9. #2c2132
  10. #161019
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca4fa
  2. #e0adfb
  3. #e3b6fb
  4. #e7bffc
  5. #eac8fc
  6. #eed2fd
  7. #f1dbfd
  8. #f5e4fe
  9. #f8edfe
  10. #fcf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca4fa
  2. #d3a0ee
  3. #ca9de2
  4. #c099d5
  5. #b796c9
  6. #ae92bd
  7. #a58eb1
  8. #9c8ba5
  9. #928798
  10. #89848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8b1d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96b6fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3bbf7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #daafc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6affc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcb2f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dbabdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca4fa {
  color: #dca4fa;
}
Background
.bg-dca4fa {
  background-color: #dca4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca4fa {
  border: 2px solid #dca4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 164 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 90% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca4fa, #faa4ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 164 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 2.87 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.67 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.14 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.55 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.66 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 10.68 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.96 #235b05 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Mauve
#dca4fa  rgb(220, 164, 250)  hsl(279, 90%, 81%)  Mauve
#c2faa4  rgb(194, 250, 164)  hsl(99, 90%, 81%)  Pale Green
#fadca4  rgb(250, 220, 164)  hsl(39, 90%, 81%)  Navajo White
#a4fadc  rgb(164, 250, 220)  hsl(159, 90%, 81%)  Magic Mint