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#afa0cc ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#afa0cc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 62.75% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.22% cyan, 21.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 260.45°, with 30.14% saturation and 71.37% 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 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 6.7.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3862

Complementary

  1. #afa0cc
  2. #bdcca0

Split complementary

  1. #afa0cc
  2. #ccc5a0
  3. #a7cca0

Analogous

  1. #a0a7cc
  2. #afa0cc
  3. #c5a0cc

Triadic

  1. #afa0cc
  2. #ccafa0
  3. #a0ccaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa0cc
  2. #cca0bd
  3. #bdcca0
  4. #a0ccaf

Square

  1. #afa0cc
  2. #cca0a7
  3. #bdcca0
  4. #a0ccc5

Monochromatic

  1. #5f4a89
  2. #856eb1
  3. #afa0cc
  4. #d9d2e7
  5. #f4f2f8

Shades

#afa0cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa0cc
  2. #9e90b8
  3. #8c80a3
  4. #7b708f
  5. #69607a
  6. #585066
  7. #464052
  8. #35303d
  9. #232029
  10. #121014
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa0cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa0cc
  2. #b7aad1
  3. #bfb3d6
  4. #c7bddb
  5. #cfc6e0
  6. #d7d0e6
  7. #dfd9eb
  8. #e7e3f0
  9. #efecf5
  10. #f7f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa0cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa0cc
  2. #aa9dc4
  3. #a69abd
  4. #a196b5
  5. #9c93ae
  6. #9890a6
  7. #938d9e
  8. #8e8a97
  9. #89868f
  10. #858388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa4b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97a7ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9aa7cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aaa6af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1a4cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3a4cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca4bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa0cc {
  color: #afa0cc;
}
Background
.bg-afa0cc {
  background-color: #afa0cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa0cc {
  border: 2px solid #afa0cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa0cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 160 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 30% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa0cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa0cc, #c5a0cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa0cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 160 204 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.70 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.07 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.23 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.20 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 9.25 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.60 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.90 #505f33 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#afa0cc  rgb(175, 160, 204)  hsl(260, 30%, 71%)  Wisteria
#bdcca0  rgb(189, 204, 160)  hsl(80, 30%, 71%)  Sage
#ccafa0  rgb(204, 175, 160)  hsl(20, 30%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#a0ccaf  rgb(160, 204, 175)  hsl(140, 30%, 71%)  Seafoam Green