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#B8A5EE

#b8a5ee ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b8a5ee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 64.71% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.69% cyan, 30.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 255.62°, with 68.22% saturation and 79.02% 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 9.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 7.04.

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Relative luminance0.4327

Complementary

  1. #b8a5ee
  2. #dbeea5

Split complementary

  1. #b8a5ee
  2. #eedda5
  3. #b6eea5

Analogous

  1. #a5b6ee
  2. #b8a5ee
  3. #dda5ee

Triadic

  1. #b8a5ee
  2. #eeb8a5
  3. #a5eeb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a5ee
  2. #eea5db
  3. #dbeea5
  4. #a5eeb8

Square

  1. #b8a5ee
  2. #eea5b6
  3. #dbeea5
  4. #a5eedd

Monochromatic

  1. #5428d2
  2. #8565e2
  3. #b8a5ee
  4. #ebe5fa
  5. #f1eefc

Shades

#b8a5ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a5ee
  2. #a695d6
  3. #9384be
  4. #8174a7
  5. #6e638f
  6. #5c5377
  7. #4a425f
  8. #373247
  9. #252130
  10. #121118
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a5ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a5ee
  2. #bfaef0
  3. #c6b7f1
  4. #cdc0f3
  5. #d4c9f5
  6. #dcd2f7
  7. #e3dbf8
  8. #eae4fa
  9. #f1edfc
  10. #f8f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a5ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a5ee
  2. #b2a1e3
  3. #ad9ed8
  4. #a79acd
  5. #a296c2
  6. #9c93b7
  7. #968fac
  8. #918ba1
  9. #8b8796
  10. #86848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3accc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93b0f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96afec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #adb1bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3acf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5abed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2acd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a5ee {
  color: #b8a5ee;
}
Background
.bg-b8a5ee {
  background-color: #b8a5ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a5ee {
  border: 2px solid #b8a5ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a5ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 165 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 68% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a5ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a5ee, #dda5ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a5ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 165 238 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.04 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.79 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.12 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.11 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.93 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.96 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.32 #475a11 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b8a5ee  rgb(184, 165, 238)  hsl(256, 68%, 79%)  Wisteria
#dbeea5  rgb(219, 238, 165)  hsl(76, 68%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#eeb8a5  rgb(238, 184, 165)  hsl(16, 68%, 79%)  Zinnwaldite
#a5eeb8  rgb(165, 238, 184)  hsl(136, 68%, 79%)  Celadon