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#CAA4FA

#caa4fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#caa4fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 64.31% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.2% cyan, 34.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 266.51°, with 89.58% saturation and 81.18% 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 10.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 4.75.

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Relative luminance0.4601

Complementary

  1. #caa4fa
  2. #d4faa4

Split complementary

  1. #caa4fa
  2. #faf5a4
  3. #a9faa4

Analogous

  1. #a4a9fa
  2. #caa4fa
  3. #f5a4fa

Triadic

  1. #caa4fa
  2. #facaa4
  3. #a4faca

Tetradic

  1. #caa4fa
  2. #faa4d4
  3. #d4faa4
  4. #a4faca

Square

  1. #caa4fa
  2. #faa4a9
  3. #d4faa4
  4. #a4faf5

Monochromatic

  1. #7613f2
  2. #a05cf6
  3. #caa4fa
  4. #f4ecfe
  5. #f4ecfe

Shades

#caa4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa4fa
  2. #b694e1
  3. #a283c8
  4. #8d73af
  5. #796296
  6. #65527d
  7. #514264
  8. #3d314b
  9. #282132
  10. #141019
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa4fa
  2. #cfadfb
  3. #d5b6fb
  4. #dabffc
  5. #dfc8fc
  6. #e5d2fd
  7. #eadbfd
  8. #efe4fe
  9. #f4edfe
  10. #faf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa4fa
  2. #c3a0ee
  3. #bb9de2
  4. #b499d5
  5. #ac96c9
  6. #a592bd
  7. #9e8eb1
  8. #968ba5
  9. #8f8798
  10. #87848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beaed4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91b4fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99b5f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2b1c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abaefc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afaef9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6acdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa4fa {
  color: #caa4fa;
}
Background
.bg-caa4fa {
  background-color: #caa4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa4fa {
  border: 2px solid #caa4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 164 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 90% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa4fa, #f5a4fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 164 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.75 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.19 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.77 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.12 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.29 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.50 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.69 #355b05 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Mauve
#caa4fa  rgb(202, 164, 250)  hsl(267, 90%, 81%)  Mauve
#d4faa4  rgb(212, 250, 164)  hsl(87, 90%, 81%)  Tea Green
#facaa4  rgb(250, 202, 164)  hsl(27, 90%, 81%)  Apricot
#a4faca  rgb(164, 250, 202)  hsl(147, 90%, 81%)  Magic Mint