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#b4a5ea ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b4a5ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 64.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.08% cyan, 29.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 253.04°, with 62.16% saturation and 78.24% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 7.43.

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Relative luminance0.4255

Complementary

  1. #b4a5ea
  2. #dbeaa5

Split complementary

  1. #b4a5ea
  2. #ead7a5
  3. #b9eaa5

Analogous

  1. #a5b9ea
  2. #b4a5ea
  3. #d7a5ea

Triadic

  1. #b4a5ea
  2. #eab4a5
  3. #a5eab4

Tetradic

  1. #b4a5ea
  2. #eaa5db
  3. #dbeaa5
  4. #a5eab4

Square

  1. #b4a5ea
  2. #eaa5b9
  3. #dbeaa5
  4. #a5ead7

Monochromatic

  1. #502fc7
  2. #8067dc
  3. #b4a5ea
  4. #e8e3f8
  5. #f1eefb

Shades

#b4a5ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4a5ea
  2. #a295d3
  3. #9084bb
  4. #7e74a4
  5. #6c638c
  6. #5a5375
  7. #48425e
  8. #363246
  9. #24212f
  10. #121117
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4a5ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4a5ea
  2. #bcaeec
  3. #c3b7ee
  4. #cbc0f0
  5. #d2c9f2
  6. #dad2f5
  7. #e1dbf7
  8. #e9e4f9
  9. #f0edfb
  10. #f8f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4a5ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4a5ea
  2. #afa1df
  3. #aa9ed5
  4. #a49aca
  5. #9f96c0
  6. #9a93b5
  7. #958faa
  8. #908ba0
  9. #8a8795
  10. #85848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1abc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94afed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96ade8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9b0be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2abec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3aae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aeacd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4a5ea {
  color: #b4a5ea;
}
Background
.bg-b4a5ea {
  background-color: #b4a5ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4a5ea {
  border: 2px solid #b4a5ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4a5ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 165 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 62% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4a5ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4a5ea, #d7a5ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4a5ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 165 234 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.43 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.37 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.64 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.95 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.28 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.35 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.49 #4b5a15 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b4a5ea  rgb(180, 165, 234)  hsl(253, 62%, 78%)  Wisteria
#dbeaa5  rgb(219, 234, 165)  hsl(73, 62%, 78%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eab4a5  rgb(234, 180, 165)  hsl(13, 62%, 78%)  Melon
#a5eab4  rgb(165, 234, 180)  hsl(133, 62%, 78%)  Celadon