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#b8a7ef ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b8a7ef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 65.49% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.01% cyan, 30.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 254.17°, with 69.23% saturation and 79.61% 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 9.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 7.38.

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Relative luminance0.4406

Complementary

  1. #b8a7ef
  2. #deefa7

Split complementary

  1. #b8a7ef
  2. #efdca7
  3. #baefa7

Analogous

  1. #a7baef
  2. #b8a7ef
  3. #dca7ef

Triadic

  1. #b8a7ef
  2. #efb8a7
  3. #a7efb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a7ef
  2. #efa7de
  3. #deefa7
  4. #a7efb8

Square

  1. #b8a7ef
  2. #efa7ba
  3. #deefa7
  4. #a7efdc

Monochromatic

  1. #5027d6
  2. #8466e3
  3. #b8a7ef
  4. #ece8fb
  5. #f1eefc

Shades

#b8a7ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a7ef
  2. #a696d7
  3. #9386bf
  4. #8175a7
  5. #6e648f
  6. #5c5478
  7. #4a4360
  8. #373248
  9. #252130
  10. #121118
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a7ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a7ef
  2. #bfb0f1
  3. #c6b9f2
  4. #cdc1f4
  5. #d4caf5
  6. #dcd3f7
  7. #e3dcf9
  8. #eae5fa
  9. #f1edfc
  10. #f8f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a7ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a7ef
  2. #b2a3e4
  3. #ad9fd9
  4. #a79bce
  5. #a297c3
  6. #9c94b8
  7. #9690ac
  8. #918ca1
  9. #8b8896
  10. #86848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4adcd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96b2f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98b0ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #adb3c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4aef1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6adee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2aed5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a7ef {
  color: #b8a7ef;
}
Background
.bg-b8a7ef {
  background-color: #b8a7ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a7ef {
  border: 2px solid #b8a7ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a7ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 167 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 69% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a7ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a7ef, #dca7ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a7ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 167 239 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.38 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.90 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.80 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.57 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.25 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.49 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 11.56 #475810 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b8a7ef  rgb(184, 167, 239)  hsl(254, 69%, 80%)  Wisteria
#deefa7  rgb(222, 239, 167)  hsl(74, 69%, 80%)  Pale Goldenrod
#efb8a7  rgb(239, 184, 167)  hsl(14, 69%, 80%)  Zinnwaldite
#a7efb8  rgb(167, 239, 184)  hsl(134, 69%, 80%)  Celadon