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#b8a9e8 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b8a9e8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.69% cyan, 27.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 254.29°, with 57.8% saturation and 78.63% 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 9.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 6.78.

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Relative luminance0.4439

Complementary

  1. #b8a9e8
  2. #d9e8a9

Split complementary

  1. #b8a9e8
  2. #e8d8a9
  3. #bae8a9

Analogous

  1. #a9bae8
  2. #b8a9e8
  3. #d8a9e8

Triadic

  1. #b8a9e8
  2. #e8b8a9
  3. #a9e8b8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a9e8
  2. #e8a9d9
  3. #d9e8a9
  4. #a9e8b8

Square

  1. #b8a9e8
  2. #e8a9ba
  3. #d9e8a9
  4. #a9e8d8

Monochromatic

  1. #5634c4
  2. #866dd8
  3. #b8a9e8
  4. #eae5f8
  5. #f2effb

Shades

#b8a9e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a9e8
  2. #a698d1
  3. #9387ba
  4. #8176a2
  5. #6e658b
  6. #5c5574
  7. #4a445d
  8. #373346
  9. #25222e
  10. #121117
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a9e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a9e8
  2. #bfb2ea
  3. #c6baed
  4. #cdc3ef
  5. #d4cbf1
  6. #dcd4f4
  7. #e3ddf6
  8. #eae5f8
  9. #f1eefa
  10. #f8f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a9e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a9e8
  2. #b2a5de
  3. #ada1d3
  4. #a79dc9
  5. #a299be
  6. #9c95b4
  7. #9690aa
  8. #918c9f
  9. #8b8895
  10. #86848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4aeca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ab2eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cb1e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afb3bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7afea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8aee7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2afd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a9e8 {
  color: #b8a9e8;
}
Background
.bg-b8a9e8 {
  background-color: #b8a9e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a9e8 {
  border: 2px solid #b8a9e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a9e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 169 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 58% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a9e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a9e8, #d8a9e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a9e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 169 232 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.78 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.06 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.37 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.90 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.21 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.82 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 12.21 #475617 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b8a9e8  rgb(184, 169, 232)  hsl(254, 58%, 79%)  Wisteria
#d9e8a9  rgb(217, 232, 169)  hsl(74, 58%, 79%)  Pale Goldenrod
#e8b8a9  rgb(232, 184, 169)  hsl(14, 58%, 79%)  Zinnwaldite
#a9e8b8  rgb(169, 232, 184)  hsl(134, 58%, 79%)  Celadon