PurpleLightMuted

Delicate Mauve

#C5BACB

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.87:1Fails

Black text

10.62:1AAA

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About Delicate Mauve

Delicate Mauve (#C5BACB) is a light muted purple. Its RGB value is 197, 186, 203 and its HSL value is 279°, 14%, 76%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 10.62:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Delicate Mauve, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Harmonies

Complementary

#C5BACB · #C0CBBA

Analogous

#BCBACB · #C5BACB · #CBBAC9

Triadic

#C5BACB · #CBC5BA · #BACBC5

Split complementary

#C5BACB · #C9CBBA · #BACBBC

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