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#CAB3E3

#cab3e3 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cab3e3 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 70.2% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.01% cyan, 21.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 268.75°, with 46.15% saturation and 79.61% 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 11.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 5.72.

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Relative luminance0.5034

Complementary

  1. #cab3e3
  2. #cce3b3

Split complementary

  1. #cab3e3
  2. #e3e2b3
  3. #b4e3b3

Analogous

  1. #b3b4e3
  2. #cab3e3
  3. #e2b3e3

Triadic

  1. #cab3e3
  2. #e3cab3
  3. #b3e3ca

Tetradic

  1. #cab3e3
  2. #e3b3cc
  3. #cce3b3
  4. #b3e3ca

Square

  1. #cab3e3
  2. #e3b3b4
  3. #cce3b3
  4. #b3e3e2

Monochromatic

  1. #7c44b9
  2. #a37bce
  3. #cab3e3
  4. #f1ebf8
  5. #f5f0fa

Shades

#cab3e3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cab3e3
  2. #b6a1cc
  3. #a28fb6
  4. #8d7d9f
  5. #796b88
  6. #655a72
  7. #51485b
  8. #3d3644
  9. #28242d
  10. #141217
  11. #000000

Tints

#cab3e3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cab3e3
  2. #cfbbe6
  3. #d5c2e9
  4. #dacaeb
  5. #dfd1ee
  6. #e5d9f1
  7. #eae1f4
  8. #efe8f7
  9. #f4f0f9
  10. #faf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cab3e3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cab3e3
  2. #c3aed9
  3. #bba9cf
  4. #b4a4c5
  5. #ac9fbb
  6. #a59ab2
  7. #9e94a8
  8. #968f9e
  9. #8f8a94
  10. #87858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2b9cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abbbe5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbce1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7b9c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8b8e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbb9e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8b7d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cab3e3 {
  color: #cab3e3;
}
Background
.bg-cab3e3 {
  background-color: #cab3e3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cab3e3 {
  border: 2px solid #cab3e3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cab3e3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 179 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 46% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cab3e3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cab3e3, #e2b3e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cab3e3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 179 227 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.72 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.68 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.18 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 7.50 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.24 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.57 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.79 #354c1c Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Wisteria
#cab3e3  rgb(202, 179, 227)  hsl(269, 46%, 80%)  Wisteria
#cce3b3  rgb(204, 227, 179)  hsl(89, 46%, 80%)  Tea Green
#e3cab3  rgb(227, 202, 179)  hsl(29, 46%, 80%)  Desert Sand
#b3e3ca  rgb(179, 227, 202)  hsl(149, 46%, 80%)  Seafoam Green