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#b8a9da ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b8a9da is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 66.27% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.6% cyan, 22.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 258.37°, with 39.84% saturation and 75.88% 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 9.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 6.1.

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Relative luminance0.4363

Complementary

  1. #b8a9da
  2. #cbdaa9

Split complementary

  1. #b8a9da
  2. #dad0a9
  3. #b2daa9

Analogous

  1. #a9b2da
  2. #b8a9da
  3. #d0a9da

Triadic

  1. #b8a9da
  2. #dab8a9
  3. #a9dab8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a9da
  2. #daa9cb
  3. #cbdaa9
  4. #a9dab8

Square

  1. #b8a9da
  2. #daa9b2
  3. #cbdaa9
  4. #a9dad0

Monochromatic

  1. #6346a4
  2. #8c74c3
  3. #b8a9da
  4. #e4def1
  5. #f3f1f9

Shades

#b8a9da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a9da
  2. #a698c4
  3. #9387ae
  4. #817699
  5. #6e6583
  6. #5c556d
  7. #4a4457
  8. #373341
  9. #25222c
  10. #121116
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a9da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a9da
  2. #bfb2de
  3. #c6bae1
  4. #cdc3e5
  5. #d4cbe9
  6. #dcd4ed
  7. #e3ddf0
  8. #eae5f4
  9. #f1eef8
  10. #f8f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a9da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a9da
  2. #b2a5d1
  3. #ada1c8
  4. #a79dbf
  5. #a299b6
  6. #9c95ad
  7. #9690a4
  8. #918c9b
  9. #8b8892
  10. #868489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3adc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fb0dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1b0d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2b0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaaddb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abadd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5adc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a9da {
  color: #b8a9da;
}
Background
.bg-b8a9da {
  background-color: #b8a9da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a9da {
  border: 2px solid #b8a9da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a9da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 169 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 40% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a9da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a9da, #d0a9da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a9da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 169 218 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.10 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.69 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.72 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.93 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.11 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.42 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.03 #475625 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b8a9da  rgb(184, 169, 218)  hsl(258, 40%, 76%)  Wisteria
#cbdaa9  rgb(203, 218, 169)  hsl(78, 40%, 76%)  Tea Green
#dab8a9  rgb(218, 184, 169)  hsl(18, 40%, 76%)  Zinnwaldite
#a9dab8  rgb(169, 218, 184)  hsl(138, 40%, 76%)  Seafoam Green