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#C296EA

#c296ea ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c296ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 58.82% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.09% cyan, 35.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 271.43°, with 66.67% saturation and 75.29% 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 8.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 5.45.

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Relative luminance0.3922

Complementary

  1. #c296ea
  2. #beea96

Split complementary

  1. #c296ea
  2. #e8ea96
  3. #96ea98

Analogous

  1. #9896ea
  2. #c296ea
  3. #ea96e8

Triadic

  1. #c296ea
  2. #eac296
  3. #96eac2

Tetradic

  1. #c296ea
  2. #ea96be
  3. #beea96
  4. #96eac2

Square

  1. #c296ea
  2. #ea9896
  3. #beea96
  4. #96e8ea

Monochromatic

  1. #7726c0
  2. #9d56dd
  3. #c296ea
  4. #e7d6f7
  5. #f5eefc

Shades

#c296ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c296ea
  2. #af87d3
  3. #9b78bb
  4. #8869a4
  5. #745a8c
  6. #614b75
  7. #4e3c5e
  8. #3a2d46
  9. #271e2f
  10. #130f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#c296ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c296ea
  2. #c8a1ec
  3. #ceabee
  4. #d4b6f0
  5. #dac0f2
  6. #e1cbf5
  7. #e7d5f7
  8. #ede0f9
  9. #f3eafb
  10. #f9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c296ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c296ea
  2. #bb94df
  3. #b592d5
  4. #ae8fca
  5. #a88dc0
  6. #a18bb5
  7. #9a89aa
  8. #9487a0
  9. #8d8495
  10. #87828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3a1c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85a6ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fa9e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bda2b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1a0ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6a2e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf9ecd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c296ea {
  color: #c296ea;
}
Background
.bg-c296ea {
  background-color: #c296ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c296ea {
  border: 2px solid #c296ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c296ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 150 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 67% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c296ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c296ea, #ea96e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c296ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 150 234 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.45 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.46 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.34 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.20 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.53 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.85 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.75 #3d6915 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c296ea  rgb(194, 150, 234)  hsl(271, 67%, 75%)  Wisteria
#beea96  rgb(190, 234, 150)  hsl(91, 67%, 75%)  Granny Smith Apple
#eac296  rgb(234, 194, 150)  hsl(31, 67%, 75%)  Burly Wood
#96eac2  rgb(150, 234, 194)  hsl(151, 67%, 75%)  Seafoam Green