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#BF9BEF

#bf9bef ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bf9bef is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 60.78% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.08% cyan, 35.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 265.71°, with 72.41% saturation and 77.25% 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 9.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 6.01.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4075

Complementary

  1. #bf9bef
  2. #cbef9b

Split complementary

  1. #bf9bef
  2. #efe99b
  3. #a1ef9b

Analogous

  1. #9ba1ef
  2. #bf9bef
  3. #e99bef

Triadic

  1. #bf9bef
  2. #efbf9b
  3. #9befbf

Tetradic

  1. #bf9bef
  2. #ef9bcb
  3. #cbef9b
  4. #9befbf

Square

  1. #bf9bef
  2. #ef9ba1
  3. #cbef9b
  4. #9befe9

Monochromatic

  1. #6c21d0
  2. #9559e4
  3. #bf9bef
  4. #e9ddfa
  5. #f4edfc

Shades

#bf9bef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bf9bef
  2. #ac8cd7
  3. #997cbf
  4. #866da7
  5. #735d8f
  6. #604e78
  7. #4c3e60
  8. #392f48
  9. #261f30
  10. #131018
  11. #000000

Tints

#bf9bef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bf9bef
  2. #c5a5f1
  3. #ccaff2
  4. #d2b9f4
  5. #d9c3f5
  6. #dfcdf7
  7. #e5d7f9
  8. #ece1fa
  9. #f2ebfc
  10. #f9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bf9bef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bf9bef
  2. #b998e4
  3. #b296d9
  4. #ac93ce
  5. #a690c3
  6. #a08eb8
  7. #998bac
  8. #9388a1
  9. #8d8596
  10. #86838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3a5ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88aaf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fabed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7a8ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1a4f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5a5ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #baa3d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bf9bef {
  color: #bf9bef;
}
Background
.bg-bf9bef {
  background-color: #bf9bef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bf9bef {
  border: 2px solid #bf9bef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bf9bef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 155 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 72% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bf9bef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bf9bef, #e99bef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bf9bef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 155 239 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.01 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.05 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.78 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.20 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.17 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.21 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 11.29 #406410 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wisteria
#bf9bef  rgb(191, 155, 239)  hsl(266, 72%, 77%)  Wisteria
#cbef9b  rgb(203, 239, 155)  hsl(86, 72%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple
#efbf9b  rgb(239, 191, 155)  hsl(26, 72%, 77%)  Apricot
#9befbf  rgb(155, 239, 191)  hsl(146, 72%, 77%)  Seafoam Green