Recognised as Colour

#CAAED5

#CAAED5
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Thistle

#CAAED5 is a violet with RGB values 202, 174, 213 and HSL 283°, 32%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

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HEX#CAAED5

RGBrgb(202, 174, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.6824, 0.8353

RGB percentages79.2%, 68.2%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(283.1, 31.7%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(283.1, 18.3%, 83.5%)

CMYK5.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,283,029

CSS custom property--colour: #CAAED5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.53:1

Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#35512A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9B6D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFB8D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Tritanopia#CAB2BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 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 text10.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.5 Plum · ΔE 16.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 18.8 Pink · ΔE 22.4 Lavender · ΔE 22.7 Silver · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B9D5AE

Analogous#B7AED5, #D5AECD

Triadic#D5CAAE, #AED5CA

Split complementary#CDD5AE, #AED5B6

Tetradic#D5B6AE, #B9D5AE, #AECDD5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F1F8

Lighter +10%#E0D0E6

Darker −10%#B48CC4

Darker −20%#9E6BB2

Darker −30%#85509A

Darker −40%#683E79

More saturated +25%#D19FE4

Less saturated −25%#C3BDC6

Channel breakdown

R202

G174

B213

Red202 (79.2%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue283.08°

Saturation (HSL)31.71%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CA · G AE · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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