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#c8a4ea ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8a4ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.53% cyan, 29.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 270.86°, with 62.5% saturation and 78.04% 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 9.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 3.19.

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Relative luminance0.4477

Complementary

  1. #c8a4ea
  2. #c6eaa4

Split complementary

  1. #c8a4ea
  2. #e9eaa4
  3. #a4eaa5

Analogous

  1. #a5a4ea
  2. #c8a4ea
  3. #eaa4e9

Triadic

  1. #c8a4ea
  2. #eac8a4
  3. #a4eac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a4ea
  2. #eaa4c6
  3. #c6eaa4
  4. #a4eac8

Square

  1. #c8a4ea
  2. #eaa5a4
  3. #c6eaa4
  4. #a4e9ea

Monochromatic

  1. #7d2ec7
  2. #a266dc
  3. #c8a4ea
  4. #eee2f8
  5. #f5eefb

Shades

#c8a4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a4ea
  2. #b494d3
  3. #a083bb
  4. #8c73a4
  5. #78628c
  6. #645275
  7. #50425e
  8. #3c3146
  9. #28212f
  10. #141017
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a4ea
  2. #ceadec
  3. #d3b6ee
  4. #d9bff0
  5. #dec8f2
  6. #e4d2f5
  7. #e9dbf7
  8. #efe4f9
  9. #f4edfb
  10. #faf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a4ea
  2. #c1a0df
  3. #ba9dd5
  4. #b299ca
  5. #ab96c0
  6. #a492b5
  7. #9d8eaa
  8. #968ba0
  9. #8e8795
  10. #87848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbadcb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97b1ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9eb3e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4aebd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adacec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1ade9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5aad1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a4ea {
  color: #c8a4ea;
}
Background
.bg-c8a4ea {
  background-color: #c8a4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a4ea {
  border: 2px solid #c8a4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 164 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 63% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a4ea, #eaa4e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 164 234 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 3.19 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.76 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.61 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.43 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.23 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.30 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.60 #375b15 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8a4ea  rgb(200, 164, 234)  hsl(271, 63%, 78%)  Wisteria
#c6eaa4  rgb(198, 234, 164)  hsl(91, 63%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple
#eac8a4  rgb(234, 200, 164)  hsl(31, 63%, 78%)  Light Apricot
#a4eac8  rgb(164, 234, 200)  hsl(151, 63%, 78%)  Magic Mint