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#CDAFEA

Wisteria · light cool purple

About #CDAFEA

#CDAFEA is a moderately saturated, light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 69% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Wisteria (ΔE 6.1); Mauve comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CCEAAF — a cream tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CDAFEA for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.92:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green175
Blue234

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 6.1
Mauve
#E0B0FF · ΔE 12.3
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #CDAFEA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #CDAFEA.
1.92:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #CDAFEA.
10.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDAFEA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A5BAEC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ABBBE8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C9B7C4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDAFEA?

#CDAFEA is a moderately saturated, light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 69% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CDAFEA?

Use black text. Black on #CDAFEA has a contrast ratio of 10.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDAFEA?

Its complementary colour is #CCEAAF, and analogous partners are #B0AFEA and #EAAFE9.