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#AB99DC

#ab99dc ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ab99dc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 60% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.27% cyan, 30.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 256.12°, with 48.91% saturation and 73.14% 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 8.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 7.29.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3661

Complementary

  1. #ab99dc
  2. #cadc99

Split complementary

  1. #ab99dc
  2. #dccd99
  3. #a9dc99

Analogous

  1. #99a9dc
  2. #ab99dc
  3. #cd99dc

Triadic

  1. #ab99dc
  2. #dcab99
  3. #99dcab

Tetradic

  1. #ab99dc
  2. #dc99ca
  3. #cadc99
  4. #99dcab

Square

  1. #ab99dc
  2. #dc99a9
  3. #cadc99
  4. #99dccd

Monochromatic

  1. #5538a4
  2. #7c60c8
  3. #ab99dc
  4. #dad2f0
  5. #f2f0fa

Shades

#ab99dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ab99dc
  2. #9a8ac6
  3. #897ab0
  4. #786b9a
  5. #675c84
  6. #564d6e
  7. #443d58
  8. #332e42
  9. #221f2c
  10. #110f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#ab99dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ab99dc
  2. #b3a3e0
  3. #bcade3
  4. #c4b8e7
  5. #cdc2ea
  6. #d5ccee
  7. #ddd6f1
  8. #e6e0f5
  9. #eeebf8
  10. #f7f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ab99dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ab99dc
  2. #a797d3
  3. #a294ca
  4. #9e92c0
  5. #9a8fb7
  6. #968dae
  7. #918aa5
  8. #8d889c
  9. #898592
  10. #848389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a69fbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a3df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ca2da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2a4b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #989fde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #999fdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5a0c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ab99dc {
  color: #ab99dc;
}
Background
.bg-ab99dc {
  background-color: #ab99dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ab99dc {
  border: 2px solid #ab99dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ab99dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 153 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 49% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ab99dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ab99dc, #cd99dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ab99dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 153 220 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.29 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.86 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.48 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.50 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.69 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.91 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.52 #546623 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#ab99dc  rgb(171, 153, 220)  hsl(256, 49%, 73%)  Wisteria
#cadc99  rgb(202, 220, 153)  hsl(76, 49%, 73%)  Tea Green
#dcab99  rgb(220, 171, 153)  hsl(16, 49%, 73%)  Tumbleweed
#99dcab  rgb(153, 220, 171)  hsl(136, 49%, 73%)  Celadon