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#CAADE5

#caade5 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#caade5 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 67.84% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.79% cyan, 24.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 271.07°, with 51.85% saturation and 78.82% 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 10.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 3.75.

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Relative luminance0.481

Complementary

  1. #caade5
  2. #c8e5ad

Split complementary

  1. #caade5
  2. #e4e5ad
  3. #ade5ae

Analogous

  1. #aeade5
  2. #caade5
  3. #e5ade4

Triadic

  1. #caade5
  2. #e5caad
  3. #ade5ca

Tetradic

  1. #caade5
  2. #e5adc8
  3. #c8e5ad
  4. #ade5ca

Square

  1. #caade5
  2. #e5aead
  3. #c8e5ad
  4. #ade4e5

Monochromatic

  1. #7f3cbd
  2. #a473d3
  3. #caade5
  4. #f0e7f7
  5. #f5f0fa

Shades

#caade5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caade5
  2. #b69cce
  3. #a28ab7
  4. #8d79a0
  5. #796889
  6. #655773
  7. #51455c
  8. #3d3445
  9. #28232e
  10. #141117
  11. #000000

Tints

#caade5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caade5
  2. #cfb5e8
  3. #d5bdea
  4. #dac6ed
  5. #dfceef
  6. #e5d6f2
  7. #eadef5
  8. #efe6f7
  9. #f4effa
  10. #faf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caade5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caade5
  2. #c3a9db
  3. #bba4d1
  4. #b4a0c7
  5. #ac9bbd
  6. #a597b3
  7. #9e92a8
  8. #968e9e
  9. #8f8994
  10. #87858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0b4cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4b7e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9b9e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7b4c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4b3e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7b4e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8b1d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caade5 {
  color: #caade5;
}
Background
.bg-caade5 {
  background-color: #caade5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caade5 {
  border: 2px solid #caade5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caade5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 173 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 52% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caade5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caade5, #e5ade4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caade5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 173 229 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 3.75 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.58 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.64 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.78 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.47 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.79 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.66 #35521a Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#caade5  rgb(202, 173, 229)  hsl(271, 52%, 79%)  Wisteria
#c8e5ad  rgb(200, 229, 173)  hsl(91, 52%, 79%)  Tea Green
#e5caad  rgb(229, 202, 173)  hsl(31, 52%, 79%)  Desert Sand
#ade5ca  rgb(173, 229, 202)  hsl(151, 52%, 79%)  Seafoam Green