Palettes / Colors / #CAAAEE

#CAAAEE — Light Purple

#CAAAEE is a purple color we call Light Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #CAAAEE when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CAAAEE is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CEEEAA; it also sits naturally between #AAACEE and #ECAAEE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 67% · Blue 93%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 29% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #CAAAEE

.text { color: #CAAAEE; }
.background { background-color: #CAAAEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAAAEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 170, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(268, 67%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAAAEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 170, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAAAEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 170, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CAAAEE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CAAAEE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CAAAEE

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEEEAA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CAAAEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAAAEE

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #CAAAEE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CAAAEE rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAAAED  ·  #CAAAEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAAAEE?

#CAAAEE is Light Purple, a purple color (RGB 202, 170, 238). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAAAEE?

#CAAAEE is RGB 202, 170, 238 — HSL 268°, 67%, 80% — CMYK 15%, 29%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #CAAAEE?

Its complement is #CEEEAA; analogous partners are #AAACEE and #ECAAEE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAAAEE for text?

Black text on #CAAAEE has a contrast ratio of 10.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.00:1.