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#bfa8dc ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfa8dc is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 65.88% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.18% cyan, 23.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 266.54°, with 42.62% saturation and 76.08% 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 9.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 4.13.

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Relative luminance0.4425

Complementary

  1. #bfa8dc
  2. #c5dca8

Split complementary

  1. #bfa8dc
  2. #dcd9a8
  3. #abdca8

Analogous

  1. #a8abdc
  2. #bfa8dc
  3. #d9a8dc

Triadic

  1. #bfa8dc
  2. #dcbfa8
  3. #a8dcbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfa8dc
  2. #dca8c5
  3. #c5dca8
  4. #a8dcbf

Square

  1. #bfa8dc
  2. #dca8ab
  3. #c5dca8
  4. #a8dcd9

Monochromatic

  1. #7043a8
  2. #9771c6
  3. #bfa8dc
  4. #e7dff2
  5. #f4f0f9

Shades

#bfa8dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfa8dc
  2. #ac97c6
  3. #9986b0
  4. #86769a
  5. #736584
  6. #60546e
  7. #4c4358
  8. #393242
  9. #26222c
  10. #131116
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfa8dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfa8dc
  2. #c5b1e0
  3. #ccb9e3
  4. #d2c2e7
  5. #d9cbea
  6. #dfd4ee
  7. #e5dcf1
  8. #ece5f5
  9. #f2eef8
  10. #f9f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfa8dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfa8dc
  2. #b9a4d3
  3. #b2a0ca
  4. #ac9cc0
  5. #a698b7
  6. #a094ae
  7. #9990a5
  8. #938c9c
  9. #8d8892
  10. #868489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7aec4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fb1de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3b2da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bbafba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adaddd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afaedb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bdacc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfa8dc {
  color: #bfa8dc;
}
Background
.bg-bfa8dc {
  background-color: #bfa8dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfa8dc {
  border: 2px solid #bfa8dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfa8dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 168 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 43% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfa8dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfa8dc, #d9a8dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfa8dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 168 220 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 4.13 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.36 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.61 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.99 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.17 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.85 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.24 #405723 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#bfa8dc  rgb(191, 168, 220)  hsl(267, 43%, 76%)  Wisteria
#c5dca8  rgb(197, 220, 168)  hsl(87, 43%, 76%)  Tea Green
#dcbfa8  rgb(220, 191, 168)  hsl(27, 43%, 76%)  Desert Sand
#a8dcbf  rgb(168, 220, 191)  hsl(147, 43%, 76%)  Seafoam Green