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#c8a2eb ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8a2eb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 63.53% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.89% cyan, 31.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 271.23°, with 64.6% saturation and 77.84% 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 9.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 3.43.

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Relative luminance0.4412

Complementary

  1. #c8a2eb
  2. #c5eba2

Split complementary

  1. #c8a2eb
  2. #e9eba2
  3. #a2eba3

Analogous

  1. #a3a2eb
  2. #c8a2eb
  3. #eba2e9

Triadic

  1. #c8a2eb
  2. #ebc8a2
  3. #a2ebc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a2eb
  2. #eba2c5
  3. #c5eba2
  4. #a2ebc8

Square

  1. #c8a2eb
  2. #eba3a2
  3. #c5eba2
  4. #a2e9eb

Monochromatic

  1. #7d2bc9
  2. #a363dd
  3. #c8a2eb
  4. #ede1f9
  5. #f5eefb

Shades

#c8a2eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a2eb
  2. #b492d4
  3. #a082bc
  4. #8c71a5
  5. #78618d
  6. #645176
  7. #50415e
  8. #3c3147
  9. #28202f
  10. #141018
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a2eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a2eb
  2. #ceabed
  3. #d3b5ef
  4. #d9bef1
  5. #dec7f3
  6. #e4d1f5
  7. #e9daf7
  8. #efe3f9
  9. #f4ecfb
  10. #faf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a2eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a2eb
  2. #c19fe0
  3. #ba9bd6
  4. #b298cb
  5. #ab94c0
  6. #a491b6
  7. #9d8eab
  8. #968aa0
  9. #8e8795
  10. #87838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbabcb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94b0ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cb2e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4acbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abaaed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afacea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5a8d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a2eb {
  color: #c8a2eb;
}
Background
.bg-c8a2eb {
  background-color: #c8a2eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a2eb {
  border: 2px solid #c8a2eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a2eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 162 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 65% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a2eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a2eb, #eba2e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a2eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 162 235 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 3.43 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.85 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.69 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.85 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.66 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.82 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.10 #375d14 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8a2eb  rgb(200, 162, 235)  hsl(271, 65%, 78%)  Wisteria
#c5eba2  rgb(197, 235, 162)  hsl(91, 65%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple
#ebc8a2  rgb(235, 200, 162)  hsl(31, 65%, 78%)  Light Apricot
#a2ebc8  rgb(162, 235, 200)  hsl(151, 65%, 78%)  Magic Mint