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#CAA8E2

#caa8e2 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#caa8e2 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 65.88% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.62% cyan, 25.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 275.17°, with 50% saturation and 77.25% 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 10.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 2.26.

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Relative luminance0.4605

Complementary

  1. #caa8e2
  2. #c0e2a8

Split complementary

  1. #caa8e2
  2. #dde2a8
  3. #a8e2ad

Analogous

  1. #ada8e2
  2. #caa8e2
  3. #e2a8dd

Triadic

  1. #caa8e2
  2. #e2caa8
  3. #a8e2ca

Tetradic

  1. #caa8e2
  2. #e2a8c0
  3. #c0e2a8
  4. #a8e2ca

Square

  1. #caa8e2
  2. #e2ada8
  3. #c0e2a8
  4. #a8dde2

Monochromatic

  1. #833cb5
  2. #a76fcf
  3. #caa8e2
  4. #ede1f5
  5. #f6f0fa

Shades

#caa8e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa8e2
  2. #b697cb
  3. #a286b5
  4. #8d769e
  5. #796588
  6. #655471
  7. #51435a
  8. #3d3244
  9. #28222d
  10. #141117
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa8e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa8e2
  2. #cfb1e5
  3. #d5b9e8
  4. #dac2eb
  5. #dfcbee
  6. #e5d4f1
  7. #eadcf3
  8. #efe5f6
  9. #f4eef9
  10. #faf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa8e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa8e2
  2. #c3a4d8
  3. #bba0ce
  4. #b49cc5
  5. #ac98bb
  6. #a594b1
  7. #9e90a7
  8. #968c9d
  9. #8f8894
  10. #87848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #beb0c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fb3e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6b5e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8afbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2afe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5b0e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c9accc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa8e2 {
  color: #caa8e2;
}
Background
.bg-caa8e2 {
  background-color: #caa8e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa8e2 {
  border: 2px solid #caa8e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa8e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 168 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 50% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa8e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa8e2, #e2a8dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa8e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 168 226 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 2.26 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.48 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 5.61 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.07 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.21 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.60 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.24 #35571d Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#caa8e2  rgb(202, 168, 226)  hsl(275, 50%, 77%)  Wisteria
#c0e2a8  rgb(192, 226, 168)  hsl(95, 50%, 77%)  Tea Green
#e2caa8  rgb(226, 202, 168)  hsl(35, 50%, 77%)  Wheat
#a8e2ca  rgb(168, 226, 202)  hsl(155, 50%, 77%)  Seafoam Green