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#CAA5FC

#caa5fc ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#caa5fc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 64.71% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.84% cyan, 34.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 265.52°, with 93.55% saturation and 81.76% 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 10.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 4.82.

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Relative luminance0.465

Complementary

  1. #caa5fc
  2. #d7fca5

Split complementary

  1. #caa5fc
  2. #fcf6a5
  3. #abfca5

Analogous

  1. #a5abfc
  2. #caa5fc
  3. #f6a5fc

Triadic

  1. #caa5fc
  2. #fccaa5
  3. #a5fcca

Tetradic

  1. #caa5fc
  2. #fca5d7
  3. #d7fca5
  4. #a5fcca

Square

  1. #caa5fc
  2. #fca5ab
  3. #d7fca5
  4. #a5fcf6

Monochromatic

  1. #7311f7
  2. #9e5bfa
  3. #caa5fc
  4. #f3ebfe
  5. #f3ebfe

Shades

#caa5fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa5fc
  2. #b695e3
  3. #a284ca
  4. #8d74b0
  5. #796397
  6. #65537e
  7. #514265
  8. #3d324c
  9. #282132
  10. #141119
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa5fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa5fc
  2. #cfaefc
  3. #d5b7fd
  4. #dac0fd
  5. #dfc9fd
  6. #e5d2fe
  7. #eadbfe
  8. #efe4fe
  9. #f4edfe
  10. #faf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa5fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa5fc
  2. #c3a1f0
  3. #bb9ee3
  4. #b49ad7
  5. #ac96ca
  6. #a593be
  7. #9e8fb2
  8. #968ba5
  9. #8f8799
  10. #87848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beafd5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92b5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99b5fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2b2c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abaffe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afaffb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5addd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa5fc {
  color: #caa5fc;
}
Background
.bg-caa5fc {
  background-color: #caa5fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa5fc {
  border: 2px solid #caa5fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa5fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 165 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 94% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa5fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa5fc, #f6a5fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa5fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 165 252 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.82 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.55 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.12 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.40 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.46 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.59 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.80 #355a03 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Mauve
#caa5fc  rgb(202, 165, 252)  hsl(266, 94%, 82%)  Mauve
#d7fca5  rgb(215, 252, 165)  hsl(86, 94%, 82%)  Tea Green
#fccaa5  rgb(252, 202, 165)  hsl(26, 94%, 82%)  Apricot
#a5fcca  rgb(165, 252, 202)  hsl(146, 94%, 82%)  Magic Mint