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#CAABCA

Lilac · light warm pink

About #CAABCA

#CAABCA is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 67% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 0% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lilac (ΔE 5.3); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ABCAAB — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CAABCA for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.19:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red202
Green171
Blue202

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 5.3
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.8
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 16.2

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #CAABCA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #CAABCA.
2.06:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #CAABCA.
10.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CAABCA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CAABCA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A9B2CB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B0B6C9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCADB5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CAABCA?

#CAABCA is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 67% green and 79% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 0% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CAABCA?

Use black text. Black on #CAABCA has a contrast ratio of 10.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CAABCA?

Its complementary colour is #ABCAAB, and analogous partners are #BAABCA and #CAABBA.