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#B197CB

#b197cb ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b197cb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 59.22% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.81% cyan, 25.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 270°, with 33.33% saturation and 69.41% 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 8.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 5.08.

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Relative luminance0.3579

Complementary

  1. #b197cb
  2. #b1cb97

Split complementary

  1. #b197cb
  2. #cbcb97
  3. #97cb97

Analogous

  1. #9797cb
  2. #b197cb
  3. #cb97cb

Triadic

  1. #b197cb
  2. #cbb197
  3. #97cbb1

Tetradic

  1. #b197cb
  2. #cb97b1
  3. #b1cb97
  4. #97cbb1

Square

  1. #b197cb
  2. #cb9797
  3. #b1cb97
  4. #97cbcb

Monochromatic

  1. #644386
  2. #8b64b1
  3. #b197cb
  4. #d7cae4
  5. #f5f1f8

Shades

#b197cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b197cb
  2. #9f88b7
  3. #8e79a2
  4. #7c6a8e
  5. #6a5b7a
  6. #594c66
  7. #473c51
  8. #352d3d
  9. #231e29
  10. #120f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#b197cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b197cb
  2. #b9a1d0
  3. #c1acd5
  4. #c8b6db
  5. #d0c1e0
  6. #d8cbe5
  7. #e0d5ea
  8. #e8e0ef
  9. #efeaf5
  10. #f7f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b197cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b197cb
  2. #ac95c4
  3. #a792bc
  4. #a290b5
  5. #9d8ead
  6. #998ca6
  7. #94899e
  8. #8f8797
  9. #8a858f
  10. #858288
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a89db4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea0cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93a2c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ae9ea9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9d9dcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a09dca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #af9bb8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b197cb {
  color: #b197cb;
}
Background
.bg-b197cb {
  background-color: #b197cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b197cb {
  border: 2px solid #b197cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b197cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 151 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 33% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b197cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b197cb, #cb97cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b197cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 151 203 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.08 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.83 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.52 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.94 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.47 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.93 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.61 #4e6834 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b197cb  rgb(177, 151, 203)  hsl(270, 33%, 69%)  Wisteria
#b1cb97  rgb(177, 203, 151)  hsl(90, 33%, 69%)  Olivine
#cbb197  rgb(203, 177, 151)  hsl(30, 33%, 69%)  Tan
#97cbb1  rgb(151, 203, 177)  hsl(150, 33%, 69%)  Seafoam Green