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#CAA7FF

#caa7ff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#caa7ff 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, 65.49% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.78% cyan, 34.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 263.86°, with 100% saturation and 82.75% 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 10.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 4.95.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4741

Complementary

  1. #caa7ff
  2. #dcffa7

Split complementary

  1. #caa7ff
  2. #fff6a7
  3. #b0ffa7

Analogous

  1. #a7b0ff
  2. #caa7ff
  3. #f6a7ff

Triadic

  1. #caa7ff
  2. #ffcaa7
  3. #a7ffca

Tetradic

  1. #caa7ff
  2. #ffa7dc
  3. #dcffa7
  4. #a7ffca

Square

  1. #caa7ff
  2. #ffa7b0
  3. #dcffa7
  4. #a7fff6

Monochromatic

  1. #6e0eff
  2. #9c5bff
  3. #caa7ff
  4. #f3ebff
  5. #f3ebff

Shades

#caa7ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa7ff
  2. #b696e6
  3. #a286cc
  4. #8d75b3
  5. #796499
  6. #655480
  7. #514366
  8. #3d324d
  9. #282133
  10. #14111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa7ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa7ff
  2. #cfb0ff
  3. #d5b9ff
  4. #dac1ff
  5. #dfcaff
  6. #e5d3ff
  7. #eadcff
  8. #efe5ff
  9. #f4edff
  10. #faf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa7ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa7ff
  2. #c3a3f2
  3. #bb9fe6
  4. #b49bd9
  5. #ac97cc
  6. #a594c0
  7. #9e90b3
  8. #968ca6
  9. #8f8899
  10. #87848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfb1d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93b7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab7fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1b5c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acb1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afb1fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5afe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa7ff {
  color: #caa7ff;
}
Background
.bg-caa7ff {
  background-color: #caa7ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa7ff {
  border: 2px solid #caa7ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa7ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 167 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa7ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa7ff, #f6a7ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa7ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 167 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.95 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.09 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.65 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.96 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.99 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.13 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 12.17 #355800 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Mauve
#caa7ff  rgb(202, 167, 255)  hsl(264, 100%, 83%)  Mauve
#dcffa7  rgb(220, 255, 167)  hsl(84, 100%, 83%)  Tea Green
#ffcaa7  rgb(255, 202, 167)  hsl(24, 100%, 83%)  Apricot
#a7ffca  rgb(167, 255, 202)  hsl(144, 100%, 83%)  Aquamarine