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#c8a0ea ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8a0ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 62.75% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.53% cyan, 31.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 272.43°, with 63.79% saturation and 77.25% 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 9.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 3.34.

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Relative luminance0.4336

Complementary

  1. #c8a0ea
  2. #c2eaa0

Split complementary

  1. #c8a0ea
  2. #e7eaa0
  3. #a0eaa3

Analogous

  1. #a3a0ea
  2. #c8a0ea
  3. #eaa0e7

Triadic

  1. #c8a0ea
  2. #eac8a0
  3. #a0eac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a0ea
  2. #eaa0c2
  3. #c2eaa0
  4. #a0eac8

Square

  1. #c8a0ea
  2. #eaa3a0
  3. #c2eaa0
  4. #a0e7ea

Monochromatic

  1. #7f2cc5
  2. #a461dc
  3. #c8a0ea
  4. #ecdff8
  5. #f5eefb

Shades

#c8a0ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a0ea
  2. #b490d3
  3. #a080bb
  4. #8c70a4
  5. #78608c
  6. #645075
  7. #50405e
  8. #3c3046
  9. #28202f
  10. #141017
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a0ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a0ea
  2. #ceaaec
  3. #d3b3ee
  4. #d9bdf0
  5. #dec6f2
  6. #e4d0f5
  7. #e9d9f7
  8. #efe3f9
  9. #f4ecfb
  10. #faf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a0ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a0ea
  2. #c19ddf
  3. #ba9ad5
  4. #b296ca
  5. #ab93c0
  6. #a490b5
  7. #9d8daa
  8. #968aa0
  9. #8e8695
  10. #87838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #baaaca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92aeed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb1e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4aabb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aba9ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afaae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6a6cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a0ea {
  color: #c8a0ea;
}
Background
.bg-c8a0ea {
  background-color: #c8a0ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a0ea {
  border: 2px solid #c8a0ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a0ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 160 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 64% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a0ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a0ea, #eaa0e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a0ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 160 234 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 3.34 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.09 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.51 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.86 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.18 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.36 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.93 #375f15 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8a0ea  rgb(200, 160, 234)  hsl(272, 64%, 77%)  Wisteria
#c2eaa0  rgb(194, 234, 160)  hsl(92, 64%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple
#eac8a0  rgb(234, 200, 160)  hsl(32, 64%, 77%)  Sunset
#a0eac8  rgb(160, 234, 200)  hsl(152, 64%, 77%)  Magic Mint