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#BA9CD5

#ba9cd5 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#ba9cd5 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 61.18% green and 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.68% cyan, 26.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 271.58°, with 40.43% saturation and 72.35% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 3.09.

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Relative luminance0.3902

Complementary

  1. #ba9cd5
  2. #b7d59c

Split complementary

  1. #ba9cd5
  2. #d3d59c
  3. #9cd59d

Analogous

  1. #9d9cd5
  2. #ba9cd5
  3. #d59cd3

Triadic

  1. #ba9cd5
  2. #d5ba9c
  3. #9cd5ba

Tetradic

  1. #ba9cd5
  2. #d59cb7
  3. #b7d59c
  4. #9cd5ba

Square

  1. #ba9cd5
  2. #d59d9c
  3. #b7d59c
  4. #9cd3d5

Monochromatic

  1. #6e4098
  2. #9566be
  3. #ba9cd5
  4. #dfd2ec
  5. #f5f1f9

Shades

#ba9cd5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba9cd5
  2. #a78cc0
  3. #957daa
  4. #826d95
  5. #705e80
  6. #5d4e6b
  7. #4a3e55
  8. #382f40
  9. #251f2b
  10. #131015
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba9cd5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba9cd5
  2. #c1a6d9
  3. #c8b0dd
  4. #cfbae2
  5. #d6c4e6
  6. #ddceea
  7. #e3d7ee
  8. #eae1f2
  9. #f1ebf7
  10. #f8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba9cd5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba9cd5
  2. #b499cd
  3. #ae96c4
  4. #a994bc
  5. #a391b3
  6. #9d8eab
  7. #978ba2
  8. #91889a
  9. #8c8691
  10. #868389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa3bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a6d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98a8d3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7a4b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4a2d6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7a3d4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8a1c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba9cd5 {
  color: #ba9cd5;
}
Background
.bg-ba9cd5 {
  background-color: #ba9cd5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba9cd5 {
  border: 2px solid #ba9cd5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba9cd5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 156 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 40% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba9cd5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba9cd5, #d59cd3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba9cd5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 156 213 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 3.09 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.44 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.33 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.50 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.51 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.54 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.57 #45632a Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#ba9cd5  rgb(186, 156, 213)  hsl(272, 40%, 72%)  Wisteria
#b7d59c  rgb(183, 213, 156)  hsl(92, 40%, 72%)  Celadon
#d5ba9c  rgb(213, 186, 156)  hsl(32, 40%, 72%)  Tan
#9cd5ba  rgb(156, 213, 186)  hsl(152, 40%, 72%)  Seafoam Green