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#CAACFA

#caacfa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#caacfa 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, 67.45% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.2% cyan, 31.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 263.08°, with 88.64% 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 10.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 4.42.

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Relative luminance0.4896

Complementary

  1. #caacfa
  2. #dcfaac

Split complementary

  1. #caacfa
  2. #faf1ac
  3. #b5faac

Analogous

  1. #acb5fa
  2. #caacfa
  3. #f1acfa

Triadic

  1. #caacfa
  2. #facaac
  3. #acfaca

Tetradic

  1. #caacfa
  2. #faacdc
  3. #dcfaac
  4. #acfaca

Square

  1. #caacfa
  2. #faacb5
  3. #dcfaac
  4. #acfaf1

Monochromatic

  1. #6e1cf1
  2. #9c64f6
  3. #caacfa
  4. #f3ecfe
  5. #f3ecfe

Shades

#caacfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caacfa
  2. #b69be1
  3. #a28ac8
  4. #8d78af
  5. #796796
  6. #65567d
  7. #514564
  8. #3d344b
  9. #282232
  10. #141119
  11. #000000

Tints

#caacfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caacfa
  2. #cfb4fb
  3. #d5bdfb
  4. #dac5fc
  5. #dfcdfc
  6. #e5d6fd
  7. #eadefd
  8. #efe6fe
  9. #f4eefe
  10. #faf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caacfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caacfa
  2. #c3a8ee
  3. #bba3e2
  4. #b49fd5
  5. #ac9ac9
  6. #a596bd
  7. #9e92b1
  8. #968da5
  9. #8f8998
  10. #87848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0b4d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bb9fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1baf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2b8c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0b4fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3b4f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5b3de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caacfa {
  color: #caacfa;
}
Background
.bg-caacfa {
  background-color: #caacfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caacfa {
  border: 2px solid #caacfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caacfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 172 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 263 89% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caacfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caacfa, #f1acfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caacfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 172 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.42 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.35 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.19 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.49 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.10 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.43 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.04 #355305 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Mauve
#caacfa  rgb(202, 172, 250)  hsl(263, 89%, 83%)  Mauve
#dcfaac  rgb(220, 250, 172)  hsl(83, 89%, 83%)  Tea Green
#facaac  rgb(250, 202, 172)  hsl(23, 89%, 83%)  Apricot
#acfaca  rgb(172, 250, 202)  hsl(143, 89%, 83%)  Magic Mint