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#c8a4e4 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8a4e4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 64.31% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.28% cyan, 28.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 273.75°, with 54.24% saturation and 76.86% 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 9.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 1.99.

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Relative luminance0.4443

Complementary

  1. #c8a4e4
  2. #c0e4a4

Split complementary

  1. #c8a4e4
  2. #e0e4a4
  3. #a4e4a8

Analogous

  1. #a8a4e4
  2. #c8a4e4
  3. #e4a4e0

Triadic

  1. #c8a4e4
  2. #e4c8a4
  3. #a4e4c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a4e4
  2. #e4a4c0
  3. #c0e4a4
  4. #a4e4c8

Square

  1. #c8a4e4
  2. #e4a8a4
  3. #c0e4a4
  4. #a4e0e4

Monochromatic

  1. #8037b8
  2. #a469d2
  3. #c8a4e4
  4. #ecdff6
  5. #f5effa

Shades

#c8a4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a4e4
  2. #b494cd
  3. #a083b6
  4. #8c73a0
  5. #786289
  6. #645272
  7. #50425b
  8. #3c3144
  9. #28212e
  10. #141017
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a4e4
  2. #ceade7
  3. #d3b6e9
  4. #d9bfec
  5. #dec8ef
  6. #e4d2f2
  7. #e9dbf4
  8. #efe4f7
  9. #f4edfa
  10. #faf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a4e4
  2. #c1a0da
  3. #ba9dd0
  4. #b299c6
  5. #ab96bc
  6. #a492b2
  7. #9d8ea8
  8. #968b9e
  9. #8e8794
  10. #87848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbacc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99b0e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1b3e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5acbb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aeabe6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2ade3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6a9cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a4e4 {
  color: #c8a4e4;
}
Background
.bg-c8a4e4 {
  background-color: #c8a4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 164 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 54% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a4e4, #e4a4e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 164 228 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 1.99 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.25 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 5.79 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.08 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.61 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.42 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.47 #375b1b Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8a4e4  rgb(200, 164, 228)  hsl(274, 54%, 77%)  Wisteria
#c0e4a4  rgb(192, 228, 164)  hsl(94, 54%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e4c8a4  rgb(228, 200, 164)  hsl(34, 54%, 77%)  Sunset
#a4e4c8  rgb(164, 228, 200)  hsl(154, 54%, 77%)  Seafoam Green