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#b8a4ec ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b8a4ec is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 64.31% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.03% cyan, 30.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 256.67°, with 65.45% saturation and 78.43% 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 9.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 6.66.

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Relative luminance0.428

Complementary

  1. #b8a4ec
  2. #d8eca4

Split complementary

  1. #b8a4ec
  2. #ecdca4
  3. #b4eca4

Analogous

  1. #a4b4ec
  2. #b8a4ec
  3. #dca4ec

Triadic

  1. #b8a4ec
  2. #ecb8a4
  3. #a4ecb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a4ec
  2. #eca4d8
  3. #d8eca4
  4. #a4ecb8

Square

  1. #b8a4ec
  2. #eca4b4
  3. #d8eca4
  4. #a4ecdc

Monochromatic

  1. #582bcc
  2. #8765df
  3. #b8a4ec
  4. #e9e3f9
  5. #f2eefb

Shades

#b8a4ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a4ec
  2. #a694d4
  3. #9383bd
  4. #8173a5
  5. #6e628e
  6. #5c5276
  7. #4a425e
  8. #373147
  9. #25212f
  10. #121018
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a4ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a4ec
  2. #bfadee
  3. #c6b6f0
  4. #cdbff2
  5. #d4c8f4
  6. #dcd2f6
  7. #e3dbf7
  8. #eae4f9
  9. #f1edfb
  10. #f8f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a4ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a4ec
  2. #b2a0e1
  3. #ad9dd6
  4. #a799cc
  5. #a296c1
  6. #9c92b6
  7. #968eab
  8. #918ba0
  9. #8b8796
  10. #86848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3abca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93afef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96aeea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aeb0be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3abee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5aaeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2abd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a4ec {
  color: #b8a4ec;
}
Background
.bg-b8a4ec {
  background-color: #b8a4ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a4ec {
  border: 2px solid #b8a4ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a4ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 164 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 65% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a4ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a4ec, #dca4ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a4ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 164 236 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.66 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.73 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.26 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.36 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.60 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.66 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.96 #475b13 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b8a4ec  rgb(184, 164, 236)  hsl(257, 65%, 78%)  Wisteria
#d8eca4  rgb(216, 236, 164)  hsl(77, 65%, 78%)  Tea Green
#ecb8a4  rgb(236, 184, 164)  hsl(17, 65%, 78%)  Zinnwaldite
#a4ecb8  rgb(164, 236, 184)  hsl(137, 65%, 78%)  Celadon