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#B8A9ED

#b8a9ed ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b8a9ed is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 66.27% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.36% cyan, 28.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 253.24°, with 65.38% 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 9.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 7.36.

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Relative luminance0.4468

Complementary

  1. #b8a9ed
  2. #deeda9

Split complementary

  1. #b8a9ed
  2. #eddaa9
  3. #bceda9

Analogous

  1. #a9bced
  2. #b8a9ed
  3. #daa9ed

Triadic

  1. #b8a9ed
  2. #edb8a9
  3. #a9edb8

Tetradic

  1. #b8a9ed
  2. #eda9de
  3. #deeda9
  4. #a9edb8

Square

  1. #b8a9ed
  2. #eda9bc
  3. #deeda9
  4. #a9edda

Monochromatic

  1. #502cd1
  2. #846ae0
  3. #b8a9ed
  4. #ece8fa
  5. #f1eefb

Shades

#b8a9ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b8a9ed
  2. #a698d5
  3. #9387be
  4. #8176a6
  5. #6e658e
  6. #5c5577
  7. #4a445f
  8. #373347
  9. #25222f
  10. #121118
  11. #000000

Tints

#b8a9ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b8a9ed
  2. #bfb2ef
  3. #c6baf1
  4. #cdc3f2
  5. #d4cbf4
  6. #dcd4f6
  7. #e3ddf8
  8. #eae5fa
  9. #f1eefb
  10. #f8f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b8a9ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b8a9ed
  2. #b2a5e2
  3. #ada1d7
  4. #a79dcc
  5. #a299c1
  6. #9c95b7
  7. #9690ac
  8. #918ca1
  9. #8b8896
  10. #86848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5afcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99b3f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab1eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #adb4c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6afef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7aeec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2b0d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b8a9ed {
  color: #b8a9ed;
}
Background
.bg-b8a9ed {
  background-color: #b8a9ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b8a9ed {
  border: 2px solid #b8a9ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b8a9ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 169 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 65% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b8a9ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b8a9ed, #daa9ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b8a9ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 169 237 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.36 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.02 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.42 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.95 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.14 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.29 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.86 #475612 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b8a9ed  rgb(184, 169, 237)  hsl(253, 65%, 80%)  Wisteria
#deeda9  rgb(222, 237, 169)  hsl(73, 65%, 80%)  Pale Goldenrod
#edb8a9  rgb(237, 184, 169)  hsl(13, 65%, 80%)  Zinnwaldite
#a9edb8  rgb(169, 237, 184)  hsl(133, 65%, 80%)  Celadon