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#CAA6FA

#caa6fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#caa6fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 65.1% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.2% cyan, 33.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 265.71°, with 89.36% saturation and 81.57% 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 10.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 4.56.

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Relative luminance0.4673

Complementary

  1. #caa6fa
  2. #d6faa6

Split complementary

  1. #caa6fa
  2. #faf4a6
  3. #acfaa6

Analogous

  1. #a6acfa
  2. #caa6fa
  3. #f4a6fa

Triadic

  1. #caa6fa
  2. #facaa6
  3. #a6faca

Tetradic

  1. #caa6fa
  2. #faa6d6
  3. #d6faa6
  4. #a6faca

Square

  1. #caa6fa
  2. #faa6ac
  3. #d6faa6
  4. #a6faf4

Monochromatic

  1. #7415f2
  2. #9f5ef6
  3. #caa6fa
  4. #f3ecfe
  5. #f3ecfe

Shades

#caa6fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa6fa
  2. #b695e1
  3. #a285c8
  4. #8d74af
  5. #796496
  6. #65537d
  7. #514264
  8. #3d324b
  9. #282132
  10. #141119
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa6fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa6fa
  2. #cfaffb
  3. #d5b8fb
  4. #dac1fc
  5. #dfcafc
  6. #e5d3fd
  7. #eadbfd
  8. #efe4fe
  9. #f4edfe
  10. #faf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa6fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa6fa
  2. #c3a2ee
  3. #bb9ee2
  4. #b49bd5
  5. #ac97c9
  6. #a593bd
  7. #9e8fb1
  8. #968ba5
  9. #8f8898
  10. #87848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beb0d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94b5fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb6f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2b3c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acaffc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0b0f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5aedc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa6fa {
  color: #caa6fa;
}
Background
.bg-caa6fa {
  background-color: #caa6fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa6fa {
  border: 2px solid #caa6fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa6fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 166 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 89% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa6fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa6fa, #f4a6fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa6fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 166 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.56 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.15 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.82 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.58 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.15 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.37 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.72 #355905 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Mauve
#caa6fa  rgb(202, 166, 250)  hsl(266, 89%, 82%)  Mauve
#d6faa6  rgb(214, 250, 166)  hsl(86, 89%, 82%)  Tea Green
#facaa6  rgb(250, 202, 166)  hsl(26, 89%, 82%)  Apricot
#a6faca  rgb(166, 250, 202)  hsl(146, 89%, 82%)  Magic Mint