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#A699CA

#a699ca ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a699ca is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 60% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.82% cyan, 24.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 255.92°, with 31.61% 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 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 7.79.

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Relative luminance0.3515

Complementary

  1. #a699ca
  2. #bdca99

Split complementary

  1. #a699ca
  2. #cabf99
  3. #a5ca99

Analogous

  1. #99a5ca
  2. #a699ca
  3. #bf99ca

Triadic

  1. #a699ca
  2. #caa699
  3. #99caa6

Tetradic

  1. #a699ca
  2. #ca99bd
  3. #bdca99
  4. #99caa6

Square

  1. #a699ca
  2. #ca99a5
  3. #bdca99
  4. #99cabf

Monochromatic

  1. #564585
  2. #7a67b0
  3. #a699ca
  4. #d2cbe4
  5. #f3f2f8

Shades

#a699ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a699ca
  2. #958ab6
  3. #857aa2
  4. #746b8d
  5. #645c79
  6. #534d65
  7. #423d51
  8. #322e3d
  9. #211f28
  10. #110f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#a699ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a699ca
  2. #afa3cf
  3. #b8add5
  4. #c1b8da
  5. #cac2df
  6. #d3cce5
  7. #dbd6ea
  8. #e4e0ef
  9. #edebf4
  10. #f6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a699ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a699ca
  2. #a297c3
  3. #9e94bb
  4. #9b92b4
  5. #978fac
  6. #938da5
  7. #8f8a9e
  8. #8b8896
  9. #88858f
  10. #848387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29db2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea0cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #909fc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9fa0aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #989dcb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #999dc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a29eb8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a699ca {
  color: #a699ca;
}
Background
.bg-a699ca {
  background-color: #a699ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a699ca {
  border: 2px solid #a699ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a699ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 153 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 32% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a699ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a699ca, #bf99ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a699ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 153 202 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.79 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.77 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.14 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.19 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.73 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.32 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.36 #596635 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#a699ca  rgb(166, 153, 202)  hsl(256, 32%, 70%)  Wisteria
#bdca99  rgb(189, 202, 153)  hsl(76, 32%, 70%)  Sage
#caa699  rgb(202, 166, 153)  hsl(16, 32%, 70%)  Silver Pink
#99caa6  rgb(153, 202, 166)  hsl(136, 32%, 70%)  Dark Sea Green