Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#CAACE8

  • #CAACE8
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#CAACE8 is a violet with RGB values 202, 172, 232 and HSL 270°, 57%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CAACE8#CAACE8
HEX#CAACE8
RGBrgb(202, 172, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.6745, 0.9098
RGB percentages79.2%, 67.5%, 91%
HSLhsl(270, 56.6%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 25.9%, 91%)
CMYK12.9%, 25.9%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,282,536
CSS custom property--colour: #CAACE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.58:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#355317

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B7EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B8E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C6B4C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.3Thistle · ΔE 19.7Light steelblue · ΔE 26Cornflower blue · ΔE 29.5Lavender · ΔE 30Pink · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAE8AC
Analogous#ACACE8, #E8ACE8
Triadic#E8CAAC, #ACE8CA
Split complementary#E8E8AC, #ACE8AC
Tetradic#E8ACAC, #CAE8AC, #ACE8E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFCFE
Lighter +10%#E4D4F3
Darker −10%#B184DD
Darker −20%#975CD2
Darker −30%#7E36C5
Darker −40%#642B9D
More saturated +25%#CA9FF5
Less saturated −25%#CAB9DB

Channel breakdown

R202
G172
B232
Red202 (79.2%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)56.6%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G AC · B E8

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “caace8” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.