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#B99AEE

#b99aee ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b99aee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 60.39% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.27% cyan, 35.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 262.14°, with 71.19% saturation and 76.86% 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 8.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 6.86.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.396

Complementary

  1. #b99aee
  2. #cfee9a

Split complementary

  1. #b99aee
  2. #eee39a
  3. #a5ee9a

Analogous

  1. #9aa5ee
  2. #b99aee
  3. #e39aee

Triadic

  1. #b99aee
  2. #eeb99a
  3. #9aeeb9

Tetradic

  1. #b99aee
  2. #ee9acf
  3. #cfee9a
  4. #9aeeb9

Square

  1. #b99aee
  2. #ee9aa5
  3. #cfee9a
  4. #9aeee3

Monochromatic

  1. #6122cd
  2. #8c59e3
  3. #b99aee
  4. #e6dbf9
  5. #f3eefc

Shades

#b99aee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b99aee
  2. #a78bd6
  3. #947bbe
  4. #826ca7
  5. #6f5c8f
  6. #5d4d77
  7. #4a3e5f
  8. #382e47
  9. #251f30
  10. #130f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#b99aee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b99aee
  2. #c0a4f0
  3. #c7aef1
  4. #ceb8f3
  5. #d5c2f5
  6. #dccdf7
  7. #e3d7f8
  8. #eae1fa
  9. #f1ebfc
  10. #f8f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b99aee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b99aee
  2. #b397e3
  3. #ae95d8
  4. #a892cd
  5. #a290c2
  6. #9d8db7
  7. #978aac
  8. #9188a1
  9. #8b8596
  10. #86838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a3c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a9f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ca8ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0a7b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9da3f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0a3ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3a2d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b99aee {
  color: #b99aee;
}
Background
.bg-b99aee {
  background-color: #b99aee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b99aee {
  border: 2px solid #b99aee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b99aee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 154 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 262 71% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b99aee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b99aee, #e39aee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b99aee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 154 238 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.86 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.76 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.12 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.30 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.37 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.81 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.89 #466511 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b99aee  rgb(185, 154, 238)  hsl(262, 71%, 77%)  Wisteria
#cfee9a  rgb(207, 238, 154)  hsl(82, 71%, 77%)  Tea Green
#eeb99a  rgb(238, 185, 154)  hsl(22, 71%, 77%)  Tumbleweed
#9aeeb9  rgb(154, 238, 185)  hsl(142, 71%, 77%)  Seafoam Green