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#CA8AEB

#ca8aeb ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ca8aeb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 54.12% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.04% cyan, 41.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 279.59°, with 70.8% saturation and 73.14% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.76.

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Relative luminance0.3673

Complementary

  1. #ca8aeb
  2. #abeb8a

Split complementary

  1. #ca8aeb
  2. #dbeb8a
  3. #8aeb9a

Analogous

  1. #9a8aeb
  2. #ca8aeb
  3. #eb8adb

Triadic

  1. #ca8aeb
  2. #ebca8a
  3. #8aebca

Tetradic

  1. #ca8aeb
  2. #eb8aab
  3. #abeb8a
  4. #8aebca

Square

  1. #ca8aeb
  2. #eb9a8a
  3. #abeb8a
  4. #8adbeb

Monochromatic

  1. #8720bc
  2. #ac49e0
  3. #ca8aeb
  4. #e8cbf6
  5. #f7eefc

Shades

#ca8aeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca8aeb
  2. #b67cd4
  3. #a26ebc
  4. #8d61a5
  5. #79538d
  6. #654576
  7. #51375e
  8. #3d2947
  9. #281c2f
  10. #140e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca8aeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca8aeb
  2. #cf96ed
  3. #d5a1ef
  4. #daadf1
  5. #dfb9f3
  6. #e5c5f5
  7. #ead0f7
  8. #efdcf9
  9. #f4e8fb
  10. #faf3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca8aeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca8aeb
  2. #c389e0
  3. #bb88d6
  4. #b487cb
  5. #ac86c0
  6. #a585b6
  7. #9e84ab
  8. #9683a0
  9. #8f8295
  10. #87818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b49ac4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a0ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88a5e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c798af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9f97ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a79be9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c892ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca8aeb {
  color: #ca8aeb;
}
Background
.bg-ca8aeb {
  background-color: #ca8aeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca8aeb {
  border: 2px solid #ca8aeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca8aeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 138 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 71% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca8aeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca8aeb, #eb8adb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca8aeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 138 235 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.76 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 6.35 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 6.64 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.54 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.71 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.85 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 8.99 #357514 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#ca8aeb  rgb(202, 138, 235)  hsl(280, 71%, 73%)  Floral Lavender
#abeb8a  rgb(171, 235, 138)  hsl(100, 71%, 73%)  Light Green
#ebca8a  rgb(235, 202, 138)  hsl(40, 71%, 73%)  Sunset
#8aebca  rgb(138, 235, 202)  hsl(160, 71%, 73%)  Magic Mint