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#CAB4E5

#cab4e5 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cab4e5 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 70.59% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.79% cyan, 21.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 266.94°, with 48.51% saturation and 80.2% 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 11.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 5.96.

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Relative luminance0.5086

Complementary

  1. #cab4e5
  2. #cfe5b4

Split complementary

  1. #cab4e5
  2. #e5e3b4
  3. #b7e5b4

Analogous

  1. #b4b7e5
  2. #cab4e5
  3. #e3b4e5

Triadic

  1. #cab4e5
  2. #e5cab4
  3. #b4e5ca

Tetradic

  1. #cab4e5
  2. #e5b4cf
  3. #cfe5b4
  4. #b4e5ca

Square

  1. #cab4e5
  2. #e5b4b7
  3. #cfe5b4
  4. #b4e5e3

Monochromatic

  1. #7a42be
  2. #a27bd1
  3. #cab4e5
  4. #f2edf9
  5. #f4f0fa

Shades

#cab4e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cab4e5
  2. #b6a2ce
  3. #a290b7
  4. #8d7ea0
  5. #796c89
  6. #655a73
  7. #51485c
  8. #3d3645
  9. #28242e
  10. #141217
  11. #000000

Tints

#cab4e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cab4e5
  2. #cfbce8
  3. #d5c3ea
  4. #dacbed
  5. #dfd2ef
  6. #e5daf2
  7. #eae1f5
  8. #efe9f7
  9. #f4f0fa
  10. #faf8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cab4e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cab4e5
  2. #c3afdb
  3. #bbaad1
  4. #b4a4c7
  5. #ac9fbd
  6. #a59ab3
  7. #9e95a8
  8. #96909e
  9. #8f8a94
  10. #87858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2b9ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abbce7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbde3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6bbc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8b9e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbbae4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8b8d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cab4e5 {
  color: #cab4e5;
}
Background
.bg-cab4e5 {
  background-color: #cab4e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cab4e5 {
  border: 2px solid #cab4e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cab4e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 180 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 49% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cab4e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cab4e5, #e3b4e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cab4e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 180 229 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.96 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.06 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.15 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 7.74 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.12 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.55 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.16 #354b1a Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Wisteria
#cab4e5  rgb(202, 180, 229)  hsl(267, 49%, 80%)  Wisteria
#cfe5b4  rgb(207, 229, 180)  hsl(87, 49%, 80%)  Tea Green
#e5cab4  rgb(229, 202, 180)  hsl(27, 49%, 80%)  Desert Sand
#b4e5ca  rgb(180, 229, 202)  hsl(147, 49%, 80%)  Seafoam Green