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#CAB5FA

#cab5fa ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#cab5fa 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, 70.98% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.2% cyan, 27.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 258.26°, with 87.34% saturation and 84.51% 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 11.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 5.53.

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Relative luminance0.5251

Complementary

  1. #cab5fa
  2. #e5fab5

Split complementary

  1. #cab5fa
  2. #faecb5
  3. #c3fab5

Analogous

  1. #b5c3fa
  2. #cab5fa
  3. #ecb5fa

Triadic

  1. #cab5fa
  2. #facab5
  3. #b5faca

Tetradic

  1. #cab5fa
  2. #fab5e5
  3. #e5fab5
  4. #b5faca

Square

  1. #cab5fa
  2. #fab5c3
  3. #e5fab5
  4. #b5faec

Monochromatic

  1. #6326f0
  2. #976df5
  3. #cab5fa
  4. #f1ecfe
  5. #f1ecfe

Shades

#cab5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cab5fa
  2. #b6a3e1
  3. #a291c8
  4. #8d7faf
  5. #796d96
  6. #655b7d
  7. #514864
  8. #3d364b
  9. #282432
  10. #141219
  11. #000000

Tints

#cab5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cab5fa
  2. #cfbcfb
  3. #d5c4fb
  4. #dacbfc
  5. #dfd3fc
  6. #e5dafd
  7. #eae1fd
  8. #efe9fe
  9. #f4f0fe
  10. #faf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cab5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cab5fa
  2. #c3b0ee
  3. #bbaae2
  4. #b4a5d5
  5. #aca0c9
  6. #a59bbd
  7. #9e95b1
  8. #9690a5
  9. #8f8b98
  10. #87858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4bbd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6c0fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9bff8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c1c0cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5bcfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7bbf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cab5fa {
  color: #cab5fa;
}
Background
.bg-cab5fa {
  background-color: #cab5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cab5fa {
  border: 2px solid #cab5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cab5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 181 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 87% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cab5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cab5fa, #ecb5fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cab5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 181 250 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.53 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.91 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.51 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.38 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.52 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.17 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.06 #354a05 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Mauve
#cab5fa  rgb(202, 181, 250)  hsl(258, 87%, 85%)  Mauve
#e5fab5  rgb(229, 250, 181)  hsl(78, 87%, 85%)  Tea Green
#facab5  rgb(250, 202, 181)  hsl(18, 87%, 85%)  Zinnwaldite
#b5faca  rgb(181, 250, 202)  hsl(138, 87%, 85%)  Magic Mint