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#CA8AEF

#ca8aef ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ca8aef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.48% cyan, 42.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 278.02°, with 75.94% saturation and 73.92% 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 8.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.87.

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Relative luminance0.3697

Complementary

  1. #ca8aef
  2. #afef8a

Split complementary

  1. #ca8aef
  2. #e1ef8a
  3. #8aef97

Analogous

  1. #978aef
  2. #ca8aef
  3. #ef8ae1

Triadic

  1. #ca8aef
  2. #efca8a
  3. #8aefca

Tetradic

  1. #ca8aef
  2. #ef8aaf
  3. #afef8a
  4. #8aefca

Square

  1. #ca8aef
  2. #ef978a
  3. #afef8a
  4. #8ae1ef

Monochromatic

  1. #871bc5
  2. #ac47e6
  3. #ca8aef
  4. #e8cdf8
  5. #f7edfd

Shades

#ca8aef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca8aef
  2. #b67cd7
  3. #a26ebf
  4. #8d61a7
  5. #79538f
  6. #654578
  7. #513760
  8. #3d2948
  9. #281c30
  10. #140e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca8aef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca8aef
  2. #cf96f1
  3. #d5a1f2
  4. #daadf4
  5. #dfb9f5
  6. #e5c5f7
  7. #ead0f9
  8. #efdcfa
  9. #f4e8fc
  10. #faf3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca8aef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca8aef
  2. #c389e4
  3. #bb88d9
  4. #b487ce
  5. #ac86c3
  6. #a585b8
  7. #9e84ac
  8. #9683a1
  9. #8f8296
  10. #87818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b49ac6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #76a0f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86a5ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c699b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9f98f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a69bed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c893cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca8aef {
  color: #ca8aef;
}
Background
.bg-ca8aef {
  background-color: #ca8aef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca8aef {
  border: 2px solid #ca8aef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca8aef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 138 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 76% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca8aef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca8aef, #ef8ae1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca8aef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 138 239 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.87 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 6.09 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 6.88 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.93 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.16 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 9.00 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.38 #357510 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#ca8aef  rgb(202, 138, 239)  hsl(278, 76%, 74%)  Floral Lavender
#afef8a  rgb(175, 239, 138)  hsl(98, 76%, 74%)  Light Green
#efca8a  rgb(239, 202, 138)  hsl(38, 76%, 74%)  Sunset
#8aefca  rgb(138, 239, 202)  hsl(158, 76%, 74%)  Aquamarine