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#CAA8FF

#caa8ff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#caa8ff 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, 65.88% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.78% cyan, 34.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 263.45°, with 100% saturation and 82.94% 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 10.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 4.89.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4778

Complementary

  1. #caa8ff
  2. #ddffa8

Split complementary

  1. #caa8ff
  2. #fff6a8
  3. #b1ffa8

Analogous

  1. #a8b1ff
  2. #caa8ff
  3. #f6a8ff

Triadic

  1. #caa8ff
  2. #ffcaa8
  3. #a8ffca

Tetradic

  1. #caa8ff
  2. #ffa8dd
  3. #ddffa8
  4. #a8ffca

Square

  1. #caa8ff
  2. #ffa8b1
  3. #ddffa8
  4. #a8fff6

Monochromatic

  1. #6d0fff
  2. #9b5bff
  3. #caa8ff
  4. #f3ebff
  5. #f3ebff

Shades

#caa8ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caa8ff
  2. #b697e6
  3. #a286cc
  4. #8d76b3
  5. #796599
  6. #655480
  7. #514366
  8. #3d324d
  9. #282233
  10. #14111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#caa8ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caa8ff
  2. #cfb1ff
  3. #d5b9ff
  4. #dac2ff
  5. #dfcbff
  6. #e5d4ff
  7. #eadcff
  8. #efe5ff
  9. #f4eeff
  10. #faf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caa8ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caa8ff
  2. #c3a4f2
  3. #bba0e6
  4. #b49cd9
  5. #ac98cc
  6. #a594c0
  7. #9e90b3
  8. #968ca6
  9. #8f8899
  10. #87848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfb2d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94b7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb7fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1b6c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acb1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0b1fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5b0e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caa8ff {
  color: #caa8ff;
}
Background
.bg-caa8ff {
  background-color: #caa8ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caa8ff {
  border: 2px solid #caa8ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caa8ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 168 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 263 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caa8ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caa8ff, #f6a8ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caa8ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 168 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.89 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.10 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.69 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.72 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.19 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.00 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 12.19 #355700 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Mauve
#caa8ff  rgb(202, 168, 255)  hsl(263, 100%, 83%)  Mauve
#ddffa8  rgb(221, 255, 168)  hsl(83, 100%, 83%)  Tea Green
#ffcaa8  rgb(255, 202, 168)  hsl(23, 100%, 83%)  Apricot
#a8ffca  rgb(168, 255, 202)  hsl(143, 100%, 83%)  Aquamarine