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#c8a4e5 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8a4e5 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 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.66% cyan, 28.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 273.23°, with 55.56% saturation and 77.06% 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 9.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 2.18.

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Relative luminance0.4449

Complementary

  1. #c8a4e5
  2. #c1e5a4

Split complementary

  1. #c8a4e5
  2. #e2e5a4
  3. #a4e5a8

Analogous

  1. #a8a4e5
  2. #c8a4e5
  3. #e5a4e2

Triadic

  1. #c8a4e5
  2. #e5c8a4
  3. #a4e5c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a4e5
  2. #e5a4c1
  3. #c1e5a4
  4. #a4e5c8

Square

  1. #c8a4e5
  2. #e5a8a4
  3. #c1e5a4
  4. #a4e2e5

Monochromatic

  1. #7f35bb
  2. #a469d4
  3. #c8a4e5
  4. #ece0f6
  5. #f5effa

Shades

#c8a4e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a4e5
  2. #b494ce
  3. #a083b7
  4. #8c73a0
  5. #786289
  6. #645273
  7. #50425c
  8. #3c3145
  9. #28212e
  10. #141017
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a4e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a4e5
  2. #ceade8
  3. #d3b6ea
  4. #d9bfed
  5. #dec8ef
  6. #e4d2f2
  7. #e9dbf5
  8. #efe4f7
  9. #f4edfa
  10. #faf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a4e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a4e5
  2. #c1a0db
  3. #ba9dd1
  4. #b299c7
  5. #ab96bd
  6. #a492b3
  7. #9d8ea8
  8. #968b9e
  9. #8e8794
  10. #87848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbadc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99b0e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0b3e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5adbb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aeace7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2ade4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6a9cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a4e5 {
  color: #c8a4e5;
}
Background
.bg-c8a4e5 {
  background-color: #c8a4e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a4e5 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a4e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a4e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 164 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 56% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a4e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a4e5, #e5a4e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a4e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 164 229 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 2.18 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.15 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 5.91 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.31 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.53 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.39 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.67 #375b1a Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8a4e5  rgb(200, 164, 229)  hsl(273, 56%, 77%)  Wisteria
#c1e5a4  rgb(193, 229, 164)  hsl(93, 56%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e5c8a4  rgb(229, 200, 164)  hsl(33, 56%, 77%)  Sunset
#a4e5c8  rgb(164, 229, 200)  hsl(153, 56%, 77%)  Seafoam Green