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#A596CD

#a596cd ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a596cd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 58.82% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.51% cyan, 26.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 256.36°, with 35.48% saturation and 69.61% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 7.79.

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Relative luminance0.3422

Complementary

  1. #a596cd
  2. #becd96

Split complementary

  1. #a596cd
  2. #cdc096
  3. #a3cd96

Analogous

  1. #96a3cd
  2. #a596cd
  3. #c096cd

Triadic

  1. #a596cd
  2. #cda596
  3. #96cda5

Tetradic

  1. #a596cd
  2. #cd96be
  3. #becd96
  4. #96cda5

Square

  1. #a596cd
  2. #cd96a3
  3. #becd96
  4. #96cdc0

Monochromatic

  1. #554189
  2. #7962b4
  3. #a596cd
  4. #d1cae6
  5. #f3f1f8

Shades

#a596cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a596cd
  2. #9587b9
  3. #8478a4
  4. #746990
  5. #635a7b
  6. #534b67
  7. #423c52
  8. #322d3e
  9. #211e29
  10. #110f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#a596cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a596cd
  2. #aea1d2
  3. #b7abd7
  4. #c0b6dc
  5. #c9c0e1
  6. #d2cbe6
  7. #dbd5eb
  8. #e4e0f0
  9. #edeaf5
  10. #f6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a596cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a596cd
  2. #a194c5
  3. #9e92be
  4. #9a8fb6
  5. #968dae
  6. #938ba7
  7. #8f899f
  8. #8b8797
  9. #87848f
  10. #848288
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a19bb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8a9ecf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c9dcb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9e9fa9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #959bce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #979bcc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a19bb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a596cd {
  color: #a596cd;
}
Background
.bg-a596cd {
  background-color: #a596cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a596cd {
  border: 2px solid #a596cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a596cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 150 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 35% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a596cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a596cd, #c096cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a596cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 150 205 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.79 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.37 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.69 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.71 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.94 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.14 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.14 #5a6932 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Wisteria
#a596cd  rgb(165, 150, 205)  hsl(256, 35%, 70%)  Wisteria
#becd96  rgb(190, 205, 150)  hsl(76, 35%, 70%)  Sage
#cda596  rgb(205, 165, 150)  hsl(16, 35%, 70%)  Tumbleweed
#96cda5  rgb(150, 205, 165)  hsl(136, 35%, 70%)  Dark Sea Green