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#FFAFEA

#ffafea ≈ Plum

  • magenta
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#ffafea is a color from the magenta family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 68.63% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.37% magenta, 8.24% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 315.75°, with 100% saturation and 84.31% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Plum (#dda0dd), ΔE 6.39.

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Web safe#ff99ff
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Relative luminance0.5786

Complementary

  1. #ffafea
  2. #afffc4

Split complementary

  1. #ffafea
  2. #c2ffaf
  3. #afffec

Analogous

  1. #ecafff
  2. #ffafea
  3. #ffafc2

Triadic

  1. #ffafea
  2. #eaffaf
  3. #afeaff

Tetradic

  1. #ffafea
  2. #ffc4af
  3. #afffc4
  4. #afeaff

Square

  1. #ffafea
  2. #ffecaf
  3. #afffc4
  4. #afc2ff

Monochromatic

  1. #ff16c2
  2. #ff62d6
  3. #ffafea
  4. #ffebfa
  5. #ffebfa

Shades

#ffafea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ffafea
  2. #e69ed3
  3. #cc8cbb
  4. #b37ba4
  5. #99698c
  6. #805875
  7. #66465e
  8. #4d3546
  9. #33232f
  10. #1a1217
  11. #000000

Tints

#ffafea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ffafea
  2. #ffb7ec
  3. #ffbfee
  4. #ffc7f0
  5. #ffcff2
  6. #ffd7f5
  7. #ffdff7
  8. #ffe7f9
  9. #ffeffb
  10. #fff7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ffafea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ffafea
  2. #f2aadf
  3. #e6a6d5
  4. #d9a1ca
  5. #cc9cc0
  6. #c098b5
  7. #b393aa
  8. #a68ea0
  9. #998995
  10. #8d858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e0bfd7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0c1ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3cde8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb1c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d4baeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dec1e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffb0d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ffafea {
  color: #ffafea;
}
Background
.bg-ffafea {
  background-color: #ffafea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ffafea {
  border: 2px solid #ffafea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ffafea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 175 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 316 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ffafea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffafea, #ffafc2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ffafea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 175 234 / 0.35);
}

#dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.39 #ffa6c9 Carnation Pink ΔE 7.34 #f6adc6 Nadeshiko Pink ΔE 8.72 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.28 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.26 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.28 #f77fbe Persian Pink ΔE 10.97 #005015 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Plum
#ffafea  rgb(255, 175, 234)  hsl(316, 100%, 84%)  Plum
#afffc4  rgb(175, 255, 196)  hsl(136, 100%, 84%)  Granny Smith Apple
#eaffaf  rgb(234, 255, 175)  hsl(76, 100%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow
#afeaff  rgb(175, 234, 255)  hsl(196, 100%, 84%)  Non-Photo Blue