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#CABAED Color

#CABAED is rgb(202, 186, 237) in RGB, hsl(259, 59%, 83%) in HSL, and about cmyk(15%, 22%, 0%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Lavender Blue (#CCCCFF), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 7.74. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#CABAED
HEX#CABAED
RGBrgb(202, 186, 237)
HSLhsl(259, 59%, 83%)
HSVhsv(259, 22%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 22%, 0%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(81.9% 0.073 299.2)
LABlab(78.15% 13.25 -23.38)
LCHlch(78.15% 26.87 299.54)

What #CABAED Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #CABAED, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#CABAED Channel Values

How #CABAED breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 202 · G 186 · B 2378-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 259° · S 59% · L 83%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 259° · S 22% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 15% · M 22% · Y 0% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.79:1 vs white · 11.76:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #CABAED background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.79:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text11.76:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #CABAED

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #CABAED; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #CABAED

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #CABAED.

How #CABAED Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#CABAED
Protanopia#BDBDED
Protanomaly#C2BCED
Deuteranopia#BFBFED
Deuteranomaly#C4BDED
Tritanopia#C3C1C1
Tritanomaly#C6BED4
Achromatopsia#C2C2C2

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #CABAED in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-cabaed: #CABAED;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #CABAED;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-cabaed': '#CABAED' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.792, green: 0.729, blue: 0.929)
Android XML<color name="color_cabaed">#CABAED</color>
SVG fillfill="#CABAED"

More Purple Colors

#CABAED sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#CABAED Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #CABAED?

#CABAED is a lightest purple — rgb(202, 186, 237) in RGB and hsl(259, 59%, 83%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Lavender Blue (#CCCCFF), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 7.74.

What is the RGB value of #CABAED?

#CABAED is rgb(202, 186, 237) — red 202, green 186, and blue 237 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #CABAED?

#CABAED converts to approximately cmyk(15%, 22%, 0%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #CABAED be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #CABAED scores 1.79:1 against white and 11.76:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #CABAED as a CSS color keyword?

No. #CABAED is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is thistle (#D8BFD8) at a CIE76 distance of 14.39, which is visibly different.

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