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#CAA6FD

#caa6fd ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#caa6fd is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 65.1% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.16% cyan, 34.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 264.83°, with 95.6% saturation and 82.16% 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 10.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 4.82.

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Relative luminance0.4692

Complementary

  1. #caa6fd
  2. #d9fda6

Split complementary

  1. #caa6fd
  2. #fdf6a6
  3. #aefda6

Analogous

  1. #a6aefd
  2. #caa6fd
  3. #f6a6fd

Triadic

  1. #caa6fd
  2. #fdcaa6
  3. #a6fdca

Tetradic

  1. #caa6fd
  2. #fda6d9
  3. #d9fda6
  4. #a6fdca

Square

  1. #caa6fd
  2. #fda6ae
  3. #d9fda6
  4. #a6fdf6

Monochromatic

  1. #7110fa
  2. #9d5bfb
  3. #caa6fd
  4. #f3ebff
  5. #f3ebff

Shades

#caa6fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa6fd
  2. #b695e4
  3. #a285ca
  4. #8d74b1
  5. #796498
  6. #65537f
  7. #514265
  8. #3d324c
  9. #282133
  10. #141119
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa6fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa6fd
  2. #cfaffd
  3. #d5b8fd
  4. #dac1fe
  5. #dfcafe
  6. #e5d3fe
  7. #eadbfe
  8. #efe4fe
  9. #f4edff
  10. #faf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa6fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa6fd
  2. #c3a2f1
  3. #bb9ee4
  4. #b49bd8
  5. #ac97cb
  6. #a593bf
  7. #9e8fb2
  8. #968ba6
  9. #8f8899
  10. #87848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beb0d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93b5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab6fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2b4c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acb0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afb0fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5aede ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa6fd {
  color: #caa6fd;
}
Background
.bg-caa6fd {
  background-color: #caa6fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa6fd {
  border: 2px solid #caa6fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa6fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 166 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 96% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa6fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa6fd, #f6a6fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa6fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 166 253 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.82 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.72 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.30 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.66 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.21 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.85 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.93 #355902 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Mauve
#caa6fd  rgb(202, 166, 253)  hsl(265, 96%, 82%)  Mauve
#d9fda6  rgb(217, 253, 166)  hsl(85, 96%, 82%)  Tea Green
#fdcaa6  rgb(253, 202, 166)  hsl(25, 96%, 82%)  Apricot
#a6fdca  rgb(166, 253, 202)  hsl(145, 96%, 82%)  Aquamarine