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#CE99EE

#ce99ee ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ce99ee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 60% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.45% cyan, 35.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 277.41°, with 71.43% saturation and 76.67% 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 9.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 4.86.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4208

Complementary

  1. #ce99ee
  2. #b9ee99

Split complementary

  1. #ce99ee
  2. #e4ee99
  3. #99eea4

Analogous

  1. #a499ee
  2. #ce99ee
  3. #ee99e4

Triadic

  1. #ce99ee
  2. #eece99
  3. #99eece

Tetradic

  1. #ce99ee
  2. #ee99b9
  3. #b9ee99
  4. #99eece

Square

  1. #ce99ee
  2. #eea499
  3. #b9ee99
  4. #99e4ee

Monochromatic

  1. #8c22cc
  2. #af57e3
  3. #ce99ee
  4. #eedbf9
  5. #f7eefc

Shades

#ce99ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce99ee
  2. #b98ad6
  3. #a57abe
  4. #906ba7
  5. #7c5c8f
  6. #674d77
  7. #523d5f
  8. #3e2e47
  9. #291f30
  10. #150f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce99ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce99ee
  2. #d3a3f0
  3. #d8adf1
  4. #ddb8f3
  5. #e2c2f5
  6. #e7ccf7
  7. #ebd6f8
  8. #f0e0fa
  9. #f5ebfc
  10. #faf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce99ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce99ee
  2. #c697e3
  3. #be94d8
  4. #b792cd
  5. #af8fc2
  6. #a78db7
  7. #9f8aac
  8. #9788a1
  9. #908596
  10. #88838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bba6cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aabf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96afeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cba5b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9a4f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa7ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cca0d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce99ee {
  color: #ce99ee;
}
Background
.bg-ce99ee {
  background-color: #ce99ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce99ee {
  border: 2px solid #ce99ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce99ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 153 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 277 71% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce99ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce99ee, #ee99e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce99ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 153 238 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 4.86 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.75 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.52 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.80 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 7.93 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.40 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.25 #316611 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wisteria
#ce99ee  rgb(206, 153, 238)  hsl(277, 71%, 77%)  Wisteria
#b9ee99  rgb(185, 238, 153)  hsl(97, 71%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple
#eece99  rgb(238, 206, 153)  hsl(37, 71%, 77%)  Sunset
#99eece  rgb(153, 238, 206)  hsl(157, 71%, 77%)  Magic Mint