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#A597CC

#a597cc ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a597cc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.71% red, 59.22% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.12% cyan, 25.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 255.85°, with 34.19% saturation and 69.61% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 7.83.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3449

Complementary

  1. #a597cc
  2. #becc97

Split complementary

  1. #a597cc
  2. #ccc097
  3. #a4cc97

Analogous

  1. #97a4cc
  2. #a597cc
  3. #c097cc

Triadic

  1. #a597cc
  2. #cca597
  3. #97cca5

Tetradic

  1. #a597cc
  2. #cc97be
  3. #becc97
  4. #97cca5

Square

  1. #a597cc
  2. #cc97a4
  3. #becc97
  4. #97ccc0

Monochromatic

  1. #554288
  2. #7964b3
  3. #a597cc
  4. #d1cae5
  5. #f3f1f8

Shades

#a597cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a597cc
  2. #9588b8
  3. #8479a3
  4. #746a8f
  5. #635b7a
  6. #534c66
  7. #423c52
  8. #322d3d
  9. #211e29
  10. #110f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#a597cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a597cc
  2. #aea1d1
  3. #b7acd6
  4. #c0b6db
  5. #c9c1e0
  6. #d2cbe6
  7. #dbd5eb
  8. #e4e0f0
  9. #edeaf5
  10. #f6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a597cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a597cc
  2. #a195c4
  3. #9e92bd
  4. #9a90b5
  5. #968eae
  6. #938ca6
  7. #8f899e
  8. #8b8797
  9. #87858f
  10. #848288
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a19cb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b9fce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d9eca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9e9fa9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #969ccd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #979bcb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a19cb8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a597cc {
  color: #a597cc;
}
Background
.bg-a597cc {
  background-color: #a597cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a597cc {
  border: 2px solid #a597cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a597cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 165 151 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 34% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a597cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a597cc, #c097cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a597cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(165 151 204 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.83 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.45 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.68 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.73 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.75 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.95 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.16 #5a6833 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Wisteria
#a597cc  rgb(165, 151, 204)  hsl(256, 34%, 70%)  Wisteria
#becc97  rgb(190, 204, 151)  hsl(76, 34%, 70%)  Sage
#cca597  rgb(204, 165, 151)  hsl(16, 34%, 70%)  Silver Pink
#97cca5  rgb(151, 204, 165)  hsl(136, 34%, 70%)  Dark Sea Green