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#c8a8ea ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c8a8ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.53% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 269.09°, with 61.11% saturation and 78.82% 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 10.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 3.47.

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Relative luminance0.4623

Complementary

  1. #c8a8ea
  2. #caeaa8

Split complementary

  1. #c8a8ea
  2. #eae9a8
  3. #a9eaa8

Analogous

  1. #a8a9ea
  2. #c8a8ea
  3. #e9a8ea

Triadic

  1. #c8a8ea
  2. #eac8a8
  3. #a8eac8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a8ea
  2. #eaa8ca
  3. #caeaa8
  4. #a8eac8

Square

  1. #c8a8ea
  2. #eaa8a9
  3. #caeaa8
  4. #a8eae9

Monochromatic

  1. #7a30c9
  2. #a16adb
  3. #c8a8ea
  4. #efe6f9
  5. #f5effb

Shades

#c8a8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a8ea
  2. #b497d3
  3. #a086bb
  4. #8c76a4
  5. #78658c
  6. #645475
  7. #50435e
  8. #3c3246
  9. #28222f
  10. #141117
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a8ea
  2. #ceb1ec
  3. #d3b9ee
  4. #d9c2f0
  5. #decbf2
  6. #e4d4f5
  7. #e9dcf7
  8. #efe5f9
  9. #f4eefb
  10. #faf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a8ea
  2. #c1a4df
  3. #baa0d5
  4. #b29cca
  5. #ab98c0
  6. #a494b5
  7. #9d90aa
  8. #968ca0
  9. #8e8895
  10. #87848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb0cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cb4ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2b5e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3b1bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afafec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3b0e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5aed2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a8ea {
  color: #c8a8ea;
}
Background
.bg-c8a8ea {
  background-color: #c8a8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a8ea {
  border: 2px solid #c8a8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 61% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a8ea, #e9a8ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 3.47 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.74 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.94 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.13 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.53 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.33 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.81 #375715 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8a8ea  rgb(200, 168, 234)  hsl(269, 61%, 79%)  Wisteria
#caeaa8  rgb(202, 234, 168)  hsl(89, 61%, 79%)  Tea Green
#eac8a8  rgb(234, 200, 168)  hsl(29, 61%, 79%)  Desert Sand
#a8eac8  rgb(168, 234, 200)  hsl(149, 61%, 79%)  Magic Mint