#caa3e1

Color #caa3e1

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 8.04 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#caa3e1

RGB

rgb(202, 163, 225)

HSL

hsl(277.7, 50.8%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.7, 27.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.2%, 27.6%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(72.35, 25.58, -25.9)

LCH

lch(72.35, 36.4, 314.64)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.0961, 312.64)

HWB

hwb(277.7, 63.9%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bae1a3

Analogous

#aba3e1

#caa3e1

#e1a3d9

Triadic

#caa3e1

#e1caa3

#a3e1ca

Split-complementary

#caa3e1

#d9e1a3

#a3e1ab

Tetradic

#caa3e1

#e1a3ba

#bae1a3

#a3e1ca

Square

#caa3e1

#e1aba3

#bae1a3

#a3d9e1

Shades

Color #caa3e1 mixed toward black.

#ae72d1

#9242c1

#6e3092

#492062

#251031

Tints

Color #caa3e1 mixed toward white.

#d3b2e6

#dcc2eb

#e5d1f0

#ede0f5

#f6f0fa

Tones

Color #caa3e1 mixed toward gray.

#c9a8dc

#c7add7

#c6b3d2

#c5b8cc

#c3bdc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babad4 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#bdbfd1 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#c8c9c7 · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #caa3e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#caa3e1]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#caa3e1 (#caa3e1) is rgb(202, 163, 225) in RGB.

No, #caa3e1 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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