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#b8a8ef ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b8a8ef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 65.88% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.01% cyan, 29.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 253.52°, with 68.93% saturation and 79.8% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 7.49.

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Relative luminance0.4443

Complementary

  1. #b8a8ef
  2. #dfefa8

Split complementary

  1. #b8a8ef
  2. #efdba8
  3. #bbefa8

Analogous

  1. #a8bbef
  2. #b8a8ef
  3. #dba8ef

Triadic

  1. #b8a8ef
  2. #efb8a8
  3. #a8efb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a8ef
  2. #efa8df
  3. #dfefa8
  4. #a8efb8

Square

  1. #b8a8ef
  2. #efa8bb
  3. #dfefa8
  4. #a8efdb

Monochromatic

  1. #4f27d7
  2. #8367e3
  3. #b8a8ef
  4. #ede9fb
  5. #f1eefc

Shades

#b8a8ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a8ef
  2. #a697d7
  3. #9386bf
  4. #8176a7
  5. #6e658f
  6. #5c5478
  7. #4a4360
  8. #373248
  9. #252230
  10. #121118
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a8ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a8ef
  2. #bfb1f1
  3. #c6b9f2
  4. #cdc2f4
  5. #d4cbf5
  6. #dcd4f7
  7. #e3dcf9
  8. #eae5fa
  9. #f1eefc
  10. #f8f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a8ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a8ef
  2. #b2a4e4
  3. #ada0d9
  4. #a79cce
  5. #a298c3
  6. #9c94b8
  7. #9690ac
  8. #918ca1
  9. #8b8896
  10. #86848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4aecd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97b3f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99b1ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #adb4c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5aef1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6adee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1afd5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a8ef {
  color: #b8a8ef;
}
Background
.bg-b8a8ef {
  background-color: #b8a8ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a8ef {
  border: 2px solid #b8a8ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a8ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 168 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 69% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a8ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a8ef, #dba8ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a8ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 168 239 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.49 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.97 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.63 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.28 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.37 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.49 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.79 #475710 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b8a8ef  rgb(184, 168, 239)  hsl(254, 69%, 80%)  Wisteria
#dfefa8  rgb(223, 239, 168)  hsl(74, 69%, 80%)  Pale Goldenrod
#efb8a8  rgb(239, 184, 168)  hsl(14, 69%, 80%)  Melon
#a8efb8  rgb(168, 239, 184)  hsl(134, 69%, 80%)  Celadon