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#BF9CEE

#bf9cee ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bf9cee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 61.18% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.75% cyan, 34.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 265.61°, with 70.69% 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 9.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 5.73.

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Relative luminance0.4103

Complementary

  1. #bf9cee
  2. #cbee9c

Split complementary

  1. #bf9cee
  2. #eee89c
  3. #a2ee9c

Analogous

  1. #9ca2ee
  2. #bf9cee
  3. #e89cee

Triadic

  1. #bf9cee
  2. #eebf9c
  3. #9ceebf

Tetradic

  1. #bf9cee
  2. #ee9ccb
  3. #cbee9c
  4. #9ceebf

Square

  1. #bf9cee
  2. #ee9ca2
  3. #cbee9c
  4. #9ceee8

Monochromatic

  1. #6c23ce
  2. #955be3
  3. #bf9cee
  4. #e9ddf9
  5. #f4eefc

Shades

#bf9cee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bf9cee
  2. #ac8cd6
  3. #997dbe
  4. #866da7
  5. #735e8f
  6. #604e77
  7. #4c3e5f
  8. #392f47
  9. #261f30
  10. #131018
  11. #000000

Tints

#bf9cee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bf9cee
  2. #c5a6f0
  3. #ccb0f1
  4. #d2baf3
  5. #d9c4f5
  6. #dfcef7
  7. #e5d7f8
  8. #ece1fa
  9. #f2ebfc
  10. #f9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bf9cee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bf9cee
  2. #b999e3
  3. #b296d8
  4. #ac94cd
  5. #a691c2
  6. #a08eb7
  7. #998bac
  8. #9388a1
  9. #8d8696
  10. #86838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a6ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aabf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91acec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7a9ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2a5f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5a6ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #baa4d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bf9cee {
  color: #bf9cee;
}
Background
.bg-bf9cee {
  background-color: #bf9cee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bf9cee {
  border: 2px solid #bf9cee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bf9cee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 156 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 71% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bf9cee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bf9cee, #e89cee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bf9cee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 156 238 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.73 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.88 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.03 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.03 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.99 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.32 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.51 #406311 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wisteria
#bf9cee  rgb(191, 156, 238)  hsl(266, 71%, 77%)  Wisteria
#cbee9c  rgb(203, 238, 156)  hsl(86, 71%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple
#eebf9c  rgb(238, 191, 156)  hsl(26, 71%, 77%)  Desert Sand
#9ceebf  rgb(156, 238, 191)  hsl(146, 71%, 77%)  Seafoam Green