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#bca8ea ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bca8ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.66% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 258.18°, with 61.11% saturation and 78.82% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 5.89.

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Relative luminance0.4464

Complementary

  1. #bca8ea
  2. #d6eaa8

Split complementary

  1. #bca8ea
  2. #eadda8
  3. #b5eaa8

Analogous

  1. #a8b5ea
  2. #bca8ea
  3. #dda8ea

Triadic

  1. #bca8ea
  2. #eabca8
  3. #a8eabc

Tetradic

  1. #bca8ea
  2. #eaa8d6
  3. #d6eaa8
  4. #a8eabc

Square

  1. #bca8ea
  2. #eaa8b5
  3. #d6eaa8
  4. #a8eadd

Monochromatic

  1. #5f30c9
  2. #8d6adb
  3. #bca8ea
  4. #ebe6f9
  5. #f2effb

Shades

#bca8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bca8ea
  2. #a997d3
  3. #9686bb
  4. #8476a4
  5. #71658c
  6. #5e5475
  7. #4b435e
  8. #383246
  9. #26222f
  10. #131117
  11. #000000

Tints

#bca8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bca8ea
  2. #c3b1ec
  3. #c9b9ee
  4. #d0c2f0
  5. #d7cbf2
  6. #ded4f5
  7. #e4dcf7
  8. #ebe5f9
  9. #f2eefb
  10. #f8f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bca8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bca8ea
  2. #b6a4df
  3. #b0a0d5
  4. #aa9cca
  5. #a498c0
  6. #9e94b5
  7. #9890aa
  8. #928ca0
  9. #8c8895
  10. #86848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6aecb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99b2ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cb2e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4b2bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8aeec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aaaee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7aed2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bca8ea {
  color: #bca8ea;
}
Background
.bg-bca8ea {
  background-color: #bca8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bca8ea {
  border: 2px solid #bca8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bca8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 61% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bca8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bca8ea, #dda8ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bca8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.89 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.03 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.33 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.39 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.84 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.84 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.63 #435715 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#bca8ea  rgb(188, 168, 234)  hsl(258, 61%, 79%)  Wisteria
#d6eaa8  rgb(214, 234, 168)  hsl(78, 61%, 79%)  Tea Green
#eabca8  rgb(234, 188, 168)  hsl(18, 61%, 79%)  Zinnwaldite
#a8eabc  rgb(168, 234, 188)  hsl(138, 61%, 79%)  Celadon