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#C8AADE

#c8aade ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8aade is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 66.67% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.91% cyan, 23.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 274.62°, with 44.07% 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 10.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 3.18.

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Relative luminance0.463

Complementary

  1. #c8aade
  2. #c0deaa

Split complementary

  1. #c8aade
  2. #dadeaa
  3. #aadeae

Analogous

  1. #aeaade
  2. #c8aade
  3. #deaada

Triadic

  1. #c8aade
  2. #dec8aa
  3. #aadec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8aade
  2. #deaac0
  3. #c0deaa
  4. #aadec8

Square

  1. #c8aade
  2. #deaeaa
  3. #c0deaa
  4. #aadade

Monochromatic

  1. #8043ac
  2. #a473c9
  3. #c8aade
  4. #ece1f3
  5. #f5f0f9

Shades

#c8aade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8aade
  2. #b499c8
  3. #a088b2
  4. #8c779b
  5. #786685
  6. #64556f
  7. #504459
  8. #3c3343
  9. #28222c
  10. #141116
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8aade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8aade
  2. #ceb3e1
  3. #d3bbe5
  4. #d9c4e8
  5. #decceb
  6. #e4d5ef
  7. #e9ddf2
  8. #efe6f5
  9. #f4eef8
  10. #faf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8aade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8aade
  2. #c1a6d5
  3. #baa2cb
  4. #b29dc2
  5. #ab99b8
  6. #a495af
  7. #9d91a6
  8. #968d9c
  9. #8e8893
  10. #878489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb1c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2b4e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8b6dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c6b0bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2b0df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6b1dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c7aeca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8aade {
  color: #c8aade;
}
Background
.bg-c8aade {
  background-color: #c8aade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8aade {
  border: 2px solid #c8aade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8aade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 170 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 44% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8aade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8aade, #deaada);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8aade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 170 222 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 3.18 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 5.29 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.26 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.57 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 8.98 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.46 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.81 #375521 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8aade  rgb(200, 170, 222)  hsl(275, 44%, 77%)  Wisteria
#c0deaa  rgb(192, 222, 170)  hsl(95, 44%, 77%)  Tea Green
#dec8aa  rgb(222, 200, 170)  hsl(35, 44%, 77%)  Tan
#aadec8  rgb(170, 222, 200)  hsl(155, 44%, 77%)  Seafoam Green