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#DFADFA

#dfadfa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#dfadfa 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, 67.84% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.8% cyan, 30.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 278.96°, with 88.51% saturation and 82.94% 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 0.99.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.5248

Complementary

  1. #dfadfa
  2. #c8faad

Split complementary

  1. #dfadfa
  2. #effaad
  3. #adfab8

Analogous

  1. #b8adfa
  2. #dfadfa
  3. #faadef

Triadic

  1. #dfadfa
  2. #fadfad
  3. #adfadf

Tetradic

  1. #dfadfa
  2. #faadc8
  3. #c8faad
  4. #adfadf

Square

  1. #dfadfa
  2. #fab8ad
  3. #c8faad
  4. #adeffa

Monochromatic

  1. #a71df1
  2. #c365f6
  3. #dfadfa
  4. #f7ecfe
  5. #f7ecfe

Shades

#dfadfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dfadfa
  2. #c99ce1
  3. #b28ac8
  4. #9c79af
  5. #866896
  6. #70577d
  7. #594564
  8. #43344b
  9. #2d2332
  10. #161119
  11. #000000

Tints

#dfadfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dfadfa
  2. #e2b5fb
  3. #e5bdfb
  4. #e9c6fc
  5. #eccefc
  6. #efd6fd
  7. #f2defd
  8. #f5e6fe
  9. #f9effe
  10. #fcf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dfadfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dfadfa
  2. #d6a9ee
  3. #cca4e2
  4. #c3a0d5
  5. #b99bc9
  6. #b097bd
  7. #a692b1
  8. #9d8ea5
  9. #938998
  10. #8a858c
  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 #cdb8d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1bdfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acc1f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ddb7c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdb7fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3b9f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #deb3de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dfadfa {
  color: #dfadfa;
}
Background
.bg-dfadfa {
  background-color: #dfadfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dfadfa {
  border: 2px solid #dfadfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dfadfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 223 173 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 89% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dfadfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dfadfa, #faadef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dfadfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(223 173 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 0.99 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.57 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 5.91 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.90 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.35 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.01 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 12.48 #205205 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Mauve
#dfadfa  rgb(223, 173, 250)  hsl(279, 89%, 83%)  Mauve
#c8faad  rgb(200, 250, 173)  hsl(99, 89%, 83%)  Granny Smith Apple
#fadfad  rgb(250, 223, 173)  hsl(39, 89%, 83%)  Peach
#adfadf  rgb(173, 250, 223)  hsl(159, 89%, 83%)  Magic Mint