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#c8a4e1 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8a4e1 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 64.31% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.11% cyan, 27.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 275.41°, with 50.41% saturation and 76.27% 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 9.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 1.51.

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Relative luminance0.4427

Complementary

  1. #c8a4e1
  2. #bde1a4

Split complementary

  1. #c8a4e1
  2. #dbe1a4
  3. #a4e1a9

Analogous

  1. #a9a4e1
  2. #c8a4e1
  3. #e1a4db

Triadic

  1. #c8a4e1
  2. #e1c8a4
  3. #a4e1c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a4e1
  2. #e1a4bd
  3. #bde1a4
  4. #a4e1c8

Square

  1. #c8a4e1
  2. #e1a9a4
  3. #bde1a4
  4. #a4dbe1

Monochromatic

  1. #813bb1
  2. #a56ace
  3. #c8a4e1
  4. #ebdef4
  5. #f6f0fa

Shades

#c8a4e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a4e1
  2. #b494cb
  3. #a083b4
  4. #8c739e
  5. #786287
  6. #645271
  7. #50425a
  8. #3c3144
  9. #28212d
  10. #141017
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a4e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a4e1
  2. #ceade4
  3. #d3b6e7
  4. #d9bfea
  5. #dec8ed
  6. #e4d2f0
  7. #e9dbf3
  8. #efe4f6
  9. #f4edf9
  10. #faf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a4e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a4e1
  2. #c1a0d7
  3. #ba9dce
  4. #b299c4
  5. #ab96ba
  6. #a492b1
  7. #9d8ea7
  8. #968b9d
  9. #8e8793
  10. #87848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbacc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ab0e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2b2df ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6acba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aeabe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2ade0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7a9cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a4e1 {
  color: #c8a4e1;
}
Background
.bg-c8a4e1 {
  background-color: #c8a4e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a4e1 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a4e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a4e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 164 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 50% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a4e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a4e1, #e1a4db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a4e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 164 225 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 1.51 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 5.45 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.63 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.37 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.87 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.88 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.21 #375b1e Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8a4e1  rgb(200, 164, 225)  hsl(275, 50%, 76%)  Wisteria
#bde1a4  rgb(189, 225, 164)  hsl(95, 50%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e1c8a4  rgb(225, 200, 164)  hsl(35, 50%, 76%)  Tan
#a4e1c8  rgb(164, 225, 200)  hsl(155, 50%, 76%)  Seafoam Green