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#CA8CED

#ca8ced ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ca8ced is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 54.9% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.77% cyan, 40.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 278.35°, with 72.93% saturation and 73.92% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 5.07.

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Relative luminance0.3743

Complementary

  1. #ca8ced
  2. #afed8c

Split complementary

  1. #ca8ced
  2. #dfed8c
  3. #8ced99

Analogous

  1. #998ced
  2. #ca8ced
  3. #ed8cdf

Triadic

  1. #ca8ced
  2. #edca8c
  3. #8cedca

Tetradic

  1. #ca8ced
  2. #ed8caf
  3. #afed8c
  4. #8cedca

Square

  1. #ca8ced
  2. #ed998c
  3. #afed8c
  4. #8cdfed

Monochromatic

  1. #871ec2
  2. #ac4ae3
  3. #ca8ced
  4. #e8cef7
  5. #f7edfc

Shades

#ca8ced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca8ced
  2. #b67ed5
  3. #a270be
  4. #8d62a6
  5. #79548e
  6. #654677
  7. #51385f
  8. #3d2a47
  9. #281c2f
  10. #140e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca8ced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca8ced
  2. #cf98ef
  3. #d5a3f1
  4. #daaff2
  5. #dfbaf4
  6. #e5c6f6
  7. #ead1f8
  8. #efddfa
  9. #f4e8fb
  10. #faf4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca8ced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca8ced
  2. #c38be2
  3. #bb8ad7
  4. #b488cc
  5. #ac87c1
  6. #a586b7
  7. #9e85ac
  8. #9684a1
  9. #8f8296
  10. #87818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b59bc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a1f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89a6ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c79ab1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a099ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a79ceb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c895cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca8ced {
  color: #ca8ced;
}
Background
.bg-ca8ced {
  background-color: #ca8ced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca8ced {
  border: 2px solid #ca8ced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca8ced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 140 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 73% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca8ced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca8ced, #ed8cdf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca8ced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 140 237 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.07 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 6.63 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 6.88 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.50 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.07 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.77 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.90 #357312 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#ca8ced  rgb(202, 140, 237)  hsl(278, 73%, 74%)  Floral Lavender
#afed8c  rgb(175, 237, 140)  hsl(98, 73%, 74%)  Light Green
#edca8c  rgb(237, 202, 140)  hsl(38, 73%, 74%)  Sunset
#8cedca  rgb(140, 237, 202)  hsl(158, 73%, 74%)  Magic Mint