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#bfa5de ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfa5de is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 64.71% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.96% cyan, 25.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 267.37°, with 46.34% 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 9.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 3.38.

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Relative luminance0.4326

Complementary

  1. #bfa5de
  2. #c4dea5

Split complementary

  1. #bfa5de
  2. #dedba5
  3. #a7dea5

Analogous

  1. #a5a7de
  2. #bfa5de
  3. #dba5de

Triadic

  1. #bfa5de
  2. #debfa5
  3. #a5debf

Tetradic

  1. #bfa5de
  2. #dea5c4
  3. #c4dea5
  4. #a5debf

Square

  1. #bfa5de
  2. #dea5a7
  3. #c4dea5
  4. #a5dedb

Monochromatic

  1. #703fab
  2. #976dc9
  3. #bfa5de
  4. #e7ddf3
  5. #f4f0fa

Shades

#bfa5de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfa5de
  2. #ac95c8
  3. #9984b2
  4. #86749b
  5. #736385
  6. #60536f
  7. #4c4259
  8. #393243
  9. #26212c
  10. #131116
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfa5de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfa5de
  2. #c5aee1
  3. #ccb7e5
  4. #d2c0e8
  5. #d9c9eb
  6. #dfd2ef
  7. #e5dbf2
  8. #ece4f5
  9. #f2edf8
  10. #f9f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfa5de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfa5de
  2. #b9a1d5
  3. #b29ecb
  4. #ac9ac2
  5. #a696b8
  6. #a093af
  7. #998fa6
  8. #938b9c
  9. #8d8793
  10. #868489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6acc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9bafe0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fb0dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bbadb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaabdf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adacdd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bcaac9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfa5de {
  color: #bfa5de;
}
Background
.bg-bfa5de {
  background-color: #bfa5de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfa5de {
  border: 2px solid #bfa5de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfa5de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 165 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 46% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfa5de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfa5de, #dba5de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfa5de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 165 222 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 3.38 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.81 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.06 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.56 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.02 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.88 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.96 #405a21 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#bfa5de  rgb(191, 165, 222)  hsl(267, 46%, 76%)  Wisteria
#c4dea5  rgb(196, 222, 165)  hsl(87, 46%, 76%)  Tea Green
#debfa5  rgb(222, 191, 165)  hsl(27, 46%, 76%)  Desert Sand
#a5debf  rgb(165, 222, 191)  hsl(147, 46%, 76%)  Seafoam Green