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#AA9CDA

#aa9cda ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aa9cda is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 61.18% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.02% cyan, 28.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 253.55°, with 45.59% saturation and 73.33% 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 8.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 7.48.

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Relative luminance0.3738

Complementary

  1. #aa9cda
  2. #ccda9c

Split complementary

  1. #aa9cda
  2. #dac99c
  3. #adda9c

Analogous

  1. #9cadda
  2. #aa9cda
  3. #c99cda

Triadic

  1. #aa9cda
  2. #daaa9c
  3. #9cdaaa

Tetradic

  1. #aa9cda
  2. #da9ccc
  3. #ccda9c
  4. #9cdaaa

Square

  1. #aa9cda
  2. #da9cad
  3. #ccda9c
  4. #9cdac9

Monochromatic

  1. #533ca1
  2. #7a64c5
  3. #aa9cda
  4. #dad4ef
  5. #f2f0f9

Shades

#aa9cda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa9cda
  2. #998cc4
  3. #887dae
  4. #776d99
  5. #665e83
  6. #554e6d
  7. #443e57
  8. #332f41
  9. #221f2c
  10. #111016
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa9cda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa9cda
  2. #b3a6de
  3. #bbb0e1
  4. #c4bae5
  5. #ccc4e9
  6. #d5ceed
  7. #ddd7f0
  8. #e6e1f4
  9. #eeebf8
  10. #f7f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa9cda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa9cda
  2. #a699d1
  3. #a296c8
  4. #9d94bf
  5. #9991b6
  6. #958ead
  7. #918ba4
  8. #8d889b
  9. #888692
  10. #848389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a1bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da5dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fa4d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0a6b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aa2dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa1d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4a2c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa9cda {
  color: #aa9cda;
}
Background
.bg-aa9cda {
  background-color: #aa9cda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa9cda {
  border: 2px solid #aa9cda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa9cda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 156 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 46% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa9cda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa9cda, #c99cda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa9cda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 156 218 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.48 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.59 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.06 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.61 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.71 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.15 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.32 #556325 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#aa9cda  rgb(170, 156, 218)  hsl(254, 46%, 73%)  Wisteria
#ccda9c  rgb(204, 218, 156)  hsl(74, 46%, 73%)  Pale Goldenrod
#daaa9c  rgb(218, 170, 156)  hsl(14, 46%, 73%)  Pastel Pink
#9cdaaa  rgb(156, 218, 170)  hsl(134, 46%, 73%)  Celadon