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#A697C8

#a697c8 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a697c8 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 59.22% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17% cyan, 24.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 258.37°, with 30.82% saturation and 68.82% 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 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 7.64.

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Relative luminance0.3441

Complementary

  1. #a697c8
  2. #b9c897

Split complementary

  1. #a697c8
  2. #c8be97
  3. #a0c897

Analogous

  1. #97a0c8
  2. #a697c8
  3. #be97c8

Triadic

  1. #a697c8
  2. #c8a697
  3. #97c8a6

Tetradic

  1. #a697c8
  2. #c897b9
  3. #b9c897
  4. #97c8a6

Square

  1. #a697c8
  2. #c897a0
  3. #b9c897
  4. #97c8be

Monochromatic

  1. #574482
  2. #7b65ae
  3. #a697c8
  4. #d1c9e2
  5. #f4f2f8

Shades

#a697c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a697c8
  2. #9588b4
  3. #8579a0
  4. #746a8c
  5. #645b78
  6. #534c64
  7. #423c50
  8. #322d3c
  9. #211e28
  10. #110f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#a697c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a697c8
  2. #afa1ce
  3. #b8acd3
  4. #c1b6d9
  5. #cac1de
  6. #d3cbe4
  7. #dbd5e9
  8. #e4e0ef
  9. #edeaf4
  10. #f6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a697c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a697c8
  2. #a295c1
  3. #9e92ba
  4. #9b90b2
  5. #978eab
  6. #938ca4
  7. #8f899d
  8. #8b8796
  9. #88858e
  10. #848287
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29cb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d9eca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f9ec7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a09ea8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #989cc9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #999bc7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a29bb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a697c8 {
  color: #a697c8;
}
Background
.bg-a697c8 {
  background-color: #a697c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a697c8 {
  border: 2px solid #a697c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a697c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 151 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 31% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a697c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a697c8, #be97c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a697c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 151 200 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.64 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.64 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.95 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.73 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.84 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.93 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.20 #596837 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Wisteria
#a697c8  rgb(166, 151, 200)  hsl(258, 31%, 69%)  Wisteria
#b9c897  rgb(185, 200, 151)  hsl(78, 31%, 69%)  Sage
#c8a697  rgb(200, 166, 151)  hsl(18, 31%, 69%)  Silver Pink
#97c8a6  rgb(151, 200, 166)  hsl(138, 31%, 69%)  Dark Sea Green