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#c8a7ea ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8a7ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 65.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.53% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 269.55°, with 61.47% saturation and 78.63% 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 10.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 3.36.

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Relative luminance0.4586

Complementary

  1. #c8a7ea
  2. #c9eaa7

Split complementary

  1. #c8a7ea
  2. #eaeaa7
  3. #a8eaa7

Analogous

  1. #a7a8ea
  2. #c8a7ea
  3. #eaa7ea

Triadic

  1. #c8a7ea
  2. #eac8a7
  3. #a7eac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a7ea
  2. #eaa7c9
  3. #c9eaa7
  4. #a7eac8

Square

  1. #c8a7ea
  2. #eaa7a8
  3. #c9eaa7
  4. #a7eaea

Monochromatic

  1. #7b30c8
  2. #a169db
  3. #c8a7ea
  4. #efe5f9
  5. #f5effb

Shades

#c8a7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a7ea
  2. #b496d3
  3. #a086bb
  4. #8c75a4
  5. #78648c
  6. #645475
  7. #50435e
  8. #3c3246
  9. #28212f
  10. #141117
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a7ea
  2. #ceb0ec
  3. #d3b9ee
  4. #d9c1f0
  5. #decaf2
  6. #e4d3f5
  7. #e9dcf7
  8. #efe5f9
  9. #f4edfb
  10. #faf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a7ea
  2. #c1a3df
  3. #ba9fd5
  4. #b29bca
  5. #ab97c0
  6. #a494b5
  7. #9d90aa
  8. #968ca0
  9. #8e8895
  10. #87848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdafcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bb3ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1b5e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3b0bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afaeec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2afe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5add2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a7ea {
  color: #c8a7ea;
}
Background
.bg-c8a7ea {
  background-color: #c8a7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a7ea {
  border: 2px solid #c8a7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 167 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 61% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a7ea, #eaa7ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 167 234 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 3.36 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.71 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.84 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.19 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.80 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.05 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.99 #375815 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8a7ea  rgb(200, 167, 234)  hsl(270, 61%, 79%)  Wisteria
#c9eaa7  rgb(201, 234, 167)  hsl(90, 61%, 79%)  Tea Green
#eac8a7  rgb(234, 200, 167)  hsl(30, 61%, 79%)  Desert Sand
#a7eac8  rgb(167, 234, 200)  hsl(150, 61%, 79%)  Magic Mint