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#BB9CE7

#bb9ce7 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bb9ce7 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 61.18% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.05% cyan, 32.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 264.8°, with 60.98% 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 9.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 5.13.

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Relative luminance0.4011

Complementary

  1. #bb9ce7
  2. #c8e79c

Split complementary

  1. #bb9ce7
  2. #e7e09c
  3. #a2e79c

Analogous

  1. #9ca2e7
  2. #bb9ce7
  3. #e09ce7

Triadic

  1. #bb9ce7
  2. #e7bb9c
  3. #9ce7bb

Tetradic

  1. #bb9ce7
  2. #e79cc8
  3. #c8e79c
  4. #9ce7bb

Square

  1. #bb9ce7
  2. #e79ca2
  3. #c8e79c
  4. #9ce7e0

Monochromatic

  1. #692ebc
  2. #915ed8
  3. #bb9ce7
  4. #e5daf6
  5. #f4effb

Shades

#bb9ce7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb9ce7
  2. #a88cd0
  3. #967db9
  4. #836da2
  5. #705e8b
  6. #5e4e74
  7. #4b3e5c
  8. #382f45
  9. #251f2e
  10. #131017
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb9ce7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb9ce7
  2. #c2a6e9
  3. #c9b0ec
  4. #cfbaee
  5. #d6c4f1
  6. #ddcef3
  7. #e4d7f5
  8. #ebe1f8
  9. #f1ebfa
  10. #f8f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb9ce7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb9ce7
  2. #b599dd
  3. #af96d2
  4. #a994c8
  5. #a391be
  6. #9e8eb4
  7. #988ba9
  8. #92889f
  9. #8c8695
  10. #86838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1a4c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca9ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92aae5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b4a7b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1a4e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4a4e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7a3cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb9ce7 {
  color: #bb9ce7;
}
Background
.bg-bb9ce7 {
  background-color: #bb9ce7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb9ce7 {
  border: 2px solid #bb9ce7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb9ce7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 156 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 61% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb9ce7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb9ce7, #e09ce7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb9ce7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 156 231 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.13 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.40 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.16 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.92 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.11 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.30 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 12.00 #446318 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Wisteria
#bb9ce7  rgb(187, 156, 231)  hsl(265, 61%, 76%)  Wisteria
#c8e79c  rgb(200, 231, 156)  hsl(85, 61%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e7bb9c  rgb(231, 187, 156)  hsl(25, 61%, 76%)  Desert Sand
#9ce7bb  rgb(156, 231, 187)  hsl(145, 61%, 76%)  Seafoam Green