#caa8e2

Color #caa8e2

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 9.84 Nearest Tailwind class purple-300 #dab2ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#caa8e2

RGB

rgb(202, 168, 226)

HSL

hsl(275.2, 50%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(275.2, 25.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.6%, 25.7%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(73.58, 23.04, -24.57)

LCH

lch(73.58, 33.68, 313.16)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.0887, 310.93)

HWB

hwb(275.2, 65.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0e2a8

Analogous

#ada8e2

#caa8e2

#e2a8dd

Triadic

#caa8e2

#e2caa8

#a8e2ca

Split-complementary

#caa8e2

#dde2a8

#a8e2ad

Tetradic

#caa8e2

#e2a8c0

#c0e2a8

#a8e2ca

Square

#caa8e2

#e2ada8

#c0e2a8

#a8dde2

Shades

Color #caa8e2 mixed toward black.

#ac77d2

#8e46c1

#6b3194

#472163

#241031

Tints

Color #caa8e2 mixed toward white.

#d3b7e7

#dcc5ec

#e5d4f1

#ede2f5

#f6f1fa

Tones

Color #caa8e2 mixed toward gray.

#c9addd

#c8b2d8

#c8b7d4

#c7bbcf

#c6c0ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcd6 · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#bec1d3 · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#c8ccc9 · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#b5b5b5 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #caa8e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#caa8e2]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#caa8e2 (#caa8e2) is rgb(202, 168, 226) in RGB.

No, #caa8e2 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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