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#bfa8ea ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bfa8ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.38% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 260.91°, 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 10:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 5.21.

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Relative luminance0.4502

Complementary

  1. #bfa8ea
  2. #d3eaa8

Split complementary

  1. #bfa8ea
  2. #eae0a8
  3. #b2eaa8

Analogous

  1. #a8b2ea
  2. #bfa8ea
  3. #e0a8ea

Triadic

  1. #bfa8ea
  2. #eabfa8
  3. #a8eabf

Tetradic

  1. #bfa8ea
  2. #eaa8d3
  3. #d3eaa8
  4. #a8eabf

Square

  1. #bfa8ea
  2. #eaa8b2
  3. #d3eaa8
  4. #a8eae0

Monochromatic

  1. #6530c9
  2. #926adb
  3. #bfa8ea
  4. #ece6f9
  5. #f3effb

Shades

#bfa8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfa8ea
  2. #ac97d3
  3. #9986bb
  4. #8676a4
  5. #73658c
  6. #605475
  7. #4c435e
  8. #393246
  9. #26222f
  10. #131117
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfa8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfa8ea
  2. #c5b1ec
  3. #ccb9ee
  4. #d2c2f0
  5. #d9cbf2
  6. #dfd4f5
  7. #e5dcf7
  8. #ece5f9
  9. #f2eefb
  10. #f9f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfa8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfa8ea
  2. #b9a4df
  3. #b2a0d5
  4. #ac9cca
  5. #a698c0
  6. #a094b5
  7. #9990aa
  8. #938ca0
  9. #8d8895
  10. #86848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8afcb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ab3ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9eb3e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8b2bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaafec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acaee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bbaed2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfa8ea {
  color: #bfa8ea;
}
Background
.bg-bfa8ea {
  background-color: #bfa8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfa8ea {
  border: 2px solid #bfa8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfa8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 61% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfa8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfa8ea, #e0a8ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfa8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.21 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.40 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.09 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.34 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.60 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.94 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.48 #405715 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#bfa8ea  rgb(191, 168, 234)  hsl(261, 61%, 79%)  Wisteria
#d3eaa8  rgb(211, 234, 168)  hsl(81, 61%, 79%)  Tea Green
#eabfa8  rgb(234, 191, 168)  hsl(21, 61%, 79%)  Zinnwaldite
#a8eabf  rgb(168, 234, 191)  hsl(141, 61%, 79%)  Seafoam Green