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#c8a4e2 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8a4e2 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 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.5% cyan, 27.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 274.84°, with 51.67% saturation and 76.47% 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 9.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 1.65.

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Relative luminance0.4432

Complementary

  1. #c8a4e2
  2. #bee2a4

Split complementary

  1. #c8a4e2
  2. #dde2a4
  3. #a4e2a9

Analogous

  1. #a9a4e2
  2. #c8a4e2
  3. #e2a4dd

Triadic

  1. #c8a4e2
  2. #e2c8a4
  3. #a4e2c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a4e2
  2. #e2a4be
  3. #bee2a4
  4. #a4e2c8

Square

  1. #c8a4e2
  2. #e2a9a4
  3. #bee2a4
  4. #a4dde2

Monochromatic

  1. #8039b4
  2. #a56ad0
  3. #c8a4e2
  4. #ebdef4
  5. #f6f0fa

Shades

#c8a4e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a4e2
  2. #b494cb
  3. #a083b5
  4. #8c739e
  5. #786288
  6. #645271
  7. #50425a
  8. #3c3144
  9. #28212d
  10. #141017
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a4e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a4e2
  2. #ceade5
  3. #d3b6e8
  4. #d9bfeb
  5. #dec8ee
  6. #e4d2f1
  7. #e9dbf3
  8. #efe4f6
  9. #f4edf9
  10. #faf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a4e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a4e2
  2. #c1a0d8
  3. #ba9dce
  4. #b299c5
  5. #ab96bb
  6. #a492b1
  7. #9d8ea7
  8. #968b9d
  9. #8e8794
  10. #87848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbacc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ab0e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1b2e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5acba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aeabe4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2ade1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6a9cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a4e2 {
  color: #c8a4e2;
}
Background
.bg-c8a4e2 {
  background-color: #c8a4e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a4e2 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a4e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a4e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 164 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 52% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a4e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a4e2, #e2a4dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a4e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 164 226 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 1.65 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.49 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 5.55 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.61 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.78 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.08 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.38 #375b1d Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8a4e2  rgb(200, 164, 226)  hsl(275, 52%, 76%)  Wisteria
#bee2a4  rgb(190, 226, 164)  hsl(95, 52%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e2c8a4  rgb(226, 200, 164)  hsl(35, 52%, 76%)  Tan
#a4e2c8  rgb(164, 226, 200)  hsl(155, 52%, 76%)  Seafoam Green