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#DCA6FF

#dca6ff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#dca6ff is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 65.1% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.73% cyan, 34.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 276.4°, with 100% saturation and 82.55% 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 10.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 2.64.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4971

Complementary

  1. #dca6ff
  2. #c9ffa6

Split complementary

  1. #dca6ff
  2. #f6ffa6
  3. #a6ffaf

Analogous

  1. #afa6ff
  2. #dca6ff
  3. #ffa6f6

Triadic

  1. #dca6ff
  2. #ffdca6
  3. #a6ffdc

Tetradic

  1. #dca6ff
  2. #ffa6c9
  3. #c9ffa6
  4. #a6ffdc

Square

  1. #dca6ff
  2. #ffafa6
  3. #c9ffa6
  4. #a6f6ff

Monochromatic

  1. #a00dff
  2. #be5aff
  3. #dca6ff
  4. #f7ebff
  5. #f7ebff

Shades

#dca6ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dca6ff
  2. #c695e6
  3. #b085cc
  4. #9a74b3
  5. #846499
  6. #6e5380
  7. #584266
  8. #42324d
  9. #2c2133
  10. #16111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#dca6ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dca6ff
  2. #e0afff
  3. #e3b8ff
  4. #e7c1ff
  5. #eacaff
  6. #eed3ff
  7. #f1dbff
  8. #f5e4ff
  9. #f8edff
  10. #fcf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dca6ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dca6ff
  2. #d3a2f2
  3. #ca9ee6
  4. #c09bd9
  5. #b797cc
  6. #ae93c0
  7. #a58fb3
  8. #9c8ba6
  9. #928899
  10. #89848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9b3da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96b8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2bcfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9b2c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6b1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcb4fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #daade0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dca6ff {
  color: #dca6ff;
}
Background
.bg-dca6ff {
  background-color: #dca6ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dca6ff {
  border: 2px solid #dca6ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dca6ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 166 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dca6ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dca6ff, #ffa6f6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dca6ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 166 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 2.64 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.33 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.05 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.19 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 11.11 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.24 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.32 #235900 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Mauve
#dca6ff  rgb(220, 166, 255)  hsl(276, 100%, 83%)  Mauve
#c9ffa6  rgb(201, 255, 166)  hsl(96, 100%, 83%)  Pale Green
#ffdca6  rgb(255, 220, 166)  hsl(36, 100%, 83%)  Navajo White
#a6ffdc  rgb(166, 255, 220)  hsl(156, 100%, 83%)  Magic Mint