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#AD99CA

#ad99ca ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ad99ca is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 60% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.36% cyan, 24.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 264.49°, 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 8.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 6.1.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3593

Complementary

  1. #ad99ca
  2. #b6ca99

Split complementary

  1. #ad99ca
  2. #cac699
  3. #9eca99

Analogous

  1. #999eca
  2. #ad99ca
  3. #c699ca

Triadic

  1. #ad99ca
  2. #caad99
  3. #99caad

Tetradic

  1. #ad99ca
  2. #ca99b6
  3. #b6ca99
  4. #99caad

Square

  1. #ad99ca
  2. #ca999e
  3. #b6ca99
  4. #99cac6

Monochromatic

  1. #5f4585
  2. #8567b0
  3. #ad99ca
  4. #d5cbe4
  5. #f4f2f8

Shades

#ad99ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ad99ca
  2. #9c8ab6
  3. #8a7aa2
  4. #796b8d
  5. #685c79
  6. #574d65
  7. #453d51
  8. #342e3d
  9. #231f28
  10. #110f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#ad99ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ad99ca
  2. #b5a3cf
  3. #bdadd5
  4. #c6b8da
  5. #cec2df
  6. #d6cce5
  7. #ded6ea
  8. #e6e0ef
  9. #efebf4
  10. #f7f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ad99ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ad99ca
  2. #a997c3
  3. #a494bb
  4. #a092b4
  5. #9b8fac
  6. #978da5
  7. #928a9e
  8. #8e8896
  9. #89858f
  10. #858387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a69eb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a1cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93a2c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9a0aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9c9ecb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9e9ec9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa9db8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ad99ca {
  color: #ad99ca;
}
Background
.bg-ad99ca {
  background-color: #ad99ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ad99ca {
  border: 2px solid #ad99ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ad99ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 153 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 32% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ad99ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ad99ca, #c699ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ad99ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 153 202 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.10 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.37 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.01 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.99 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.09 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.34 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.46 #526635 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#ad99ca  rgb(173, 153, 202)  hsl(264, 32%, 70%)  Wisteria
#b6ca99  rgb(182, 202, 153)  hsl(84, 32%, 70%)  Olivine
#caad99  rgb(202, 173, 153)  hsl(24, 32%, 70%)  Tumbleweed
#99caad  rgb(153, 202, 173)  hsl(144, 32%, 70%)  Seafoam Green