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#dfa6fd ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#dfa6fd is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.45% red, 65.1% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.86% cyan, 34.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 279.31°, with 95.6% saturation and 82.16% 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 11.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 2.5.

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Relative luminance0.5005

Complementary

  1. #dfa6fd
  2. #c4fda6

Split complementary

  1. #dfa6fd
  2. #f0fda6
  3. #a6fdb4

Analogous

  1. #b4a6fd
  2. #dfa6fd
  3. #fda6f0

Triadic

  1. #dfa6fd
  2. #fddfa6
  3. #a6fddf

Tetradic

  1. #dfa6fd
  2. #fda6c4
  3. #c4fda6
  4. #a6fddf

Square

  1. #dfa6fd
  2. #fdb4a6
  3. #c4fda6
  4. #a6f0fd

Monochromatic

  1. #a910fa
  2. #c45bfb
  3. #dfa6fd
  4. #f8ebff
  5. #f8ebff

Shades

#dfa6fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfa6fd
  2. #c995e4
  3. #b285ca
  4. #9c74b1
  5. #866498
  6. #70537f
  7. #594265
  8. #43324c
  9. #2d2133
  10. #161119
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfa6fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfa6fd
  2. #e2affd
  3. #e5b8fd
  4. #e9c1fe
  5. #eccafe
  6. #efd3fe
  7. #f2dbfe
  8. #f5e4fe
  9. #f9edff
  10. #fcf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfa6fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfa6fd
  2. #d6a2f1
  3. #cc9ee4
  4. #c39bd8
  5. #b997cb
  6. #b093bf
  7. #a68fb2
  8. #9d8ba6
  9. #938899
  10. #8a848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbb3d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98b8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5bdfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ddb1c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9b1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bfb4fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #deadde ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfa6fd {
  color: #dfa6fd;
}
Background
.bg-dfa6fd {
  background-color: #dfa6fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfa6fd {
  border: 2px solid #dfa6fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfa6fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 166 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 96% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfa6fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfa6fd, #fda6f0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfa6fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 166 253 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 2.50 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.13 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.37 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.76 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 10.76 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.97 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.28 #205902 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Mauve
#dfa6fd  rgb(223, 166, 253)  hsl(279, 96%, 82%)  Mauve
#c4fda6  rgb(196, 253, 166)  hsl(99, 96%, 82%)  Pale Green
#fddfa6  rgb(253, 223, 166)  hsl(39, 96%, 82%)  Peach
#a6fddf  rgb(166, 253, 223)  hsl(159, 96%, 82%)  Magic Mint