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#B797CD

#b797cd ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b797cd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 59.22% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.73% cyan, 26.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 275.56°, with 35.06% saturation and 69.8% 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 3.91.

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Web safe#cc99cc
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Relative luminance0.3661

Complementary

  1. #b797cd
  2. #adcd97

Split complementary

  1. #b797cd
  2. #c8cd97
  3. #97cd9c

Analogous

  1. #9c97cd
  2. #b797cd
  3. #cd97c8

Triadic

  1. #b797cd
  2. #cdb797
  3. #97cdb7

Tetradic

  1. #b797cd
  2. #cd97ad
  3. #adcd97
  4. #97cdb7

Square

  1. #b797cd
  2. #cd9c97
  3. #adcd97
  4. #97c8cd

Monochromatic

  1. #6c4289
  2. #9363b4
  3. #b797cd
  4. #dbcbe6
  5. #f5f1f8

Shades

#b797cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b797cd
  2. #a588b9
  3. #9279a4
  4. #806a90
  5. #6e5b7b
  6. #5c4c67
  7. #493c52
  8. #372d3e
  9. #251e29
  10. #120f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#b797cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b797cd
  2. #bea1d2
  3. #c5acd7
  4. #cdb6dc
  5. #d4c1e1
  6. #dbcbe6
  7. #e2d5eb
  8. #e9e0f0
  9. #f1eaf5
  10. #f8f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b797cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b797cd
  2. #b295c5
  3. #ac92be
  4. #a790b6
  5. #a18eae
  6. #9c8ca7
  7. #96899f
  8. #918797
  9. #8b858f
  10. #868288
  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 #ab9eb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa1cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95a4cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b59eaa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a09dce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a49fcc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b69bb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b797cd {
  color: #b797cd;
}
Background
.bg-b797cd {
  background-color: #b797cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b797cd {
  border: 2px solid #b797cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b797cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 151 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 35% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b797cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b797cd, #cd97c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b797cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 151 205 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 3.91 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.10 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.55 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.89 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.10 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.91 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.37 #486832 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b797cd  rgb(183, 151, 205)  hsl(276, 35%, 70%)  Wisteria
#adcd97  rgb(173, 205, 151)  hsl(96, 35%, 70%)  Celadon
#cdb797  rgb(205, 183, 151)  hsl(36, 35%, 70%)  Tan
#97cdb7  rgb(151, 205, 183)  hsl(156, 35%, 70%)  Seafoam Green