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#B495C8

#b495c8 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b495c8 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 58.43% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10% cyan, 25.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 276.47°, with 31.68% saturation and 68.43% 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 8.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 4.8.

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Relative luminance0.3537

Complementary

  1. #b495c8
  2. #a9c895

Split complementary

  1. #b495c8
  2. #c2c895
  3. #95c89a

Analogous

  1. #9a95c8
  2. #b495c8
  3. #c895c2

Triadic

  1. #b495c8
  2. #c8b495
  3. #95c8b4

Tetradic

  1. #b495c8
  2. #c895a9
  3. #a9c895
  4. #95c8b4

Square

  1. #b495c8
  2. #c89a95
  3. #a9c895
  4. #95c2c8

Monochromatic

  1. #694381
  2. #9063ae
  3. #b495c8
  4. #d8c7e2
  5. #f5f2f8

Shades

#b495c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b495c8
  2. #a286b4
  3. #9077a0
  4. #7e688c
  5. #6c5978
  6. #5a4b64
  7. #483c50
  8. #362d3c
  9. #241e28
  10. #120f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#b495c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b495c8
  2. #bca0ce
  3. #c3aad3
  4. #cbb5d9
  5. #d2bfde
  6. #dacae4
  7. #e1d5e9
  8. #e9dfef
  9. #f0eaf4
  10. #f8f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b495c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b495c8
  2. #af93c1
  3. #aa91ba
  4. #a48fb2
  5. #9f8dab
  6. #9a8ba4
  7. #95889d
  8. #908696
  9. #8a848e
  10. #858287
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a99cb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d9fca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94a1c6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b29ba7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9e9bc9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a29cc7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b399b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b495c8 {
  color: #b495c8;
}
Background
.bg-b495c8 {
  background-color: #b495c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b495c8 {
  border: 2px solid #b495c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b495c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 149 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 32% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b495c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b495c8, #c895c2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b495c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 149 200 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 4.80 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.08 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.15 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.31 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.34 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.83 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.43 #4b6a37 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b495c8  rgb(180, 149, 200)  hsl(276, 32%, 68%)  Wisteria
#a9c895  rgb(169, 200, 149)  hsl(96, 32%, 68%)  Dark Sea Green
#c8b495  rgb(200, 180, 149)  hsl(36, 32%, 68%)  Tan
#95c8b4  rgb(149, 200, 180)  hsl(156, 32%, 68%)  Seafoam Green