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#bfa9dd ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfa9dd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 66.27% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.57% cyan, 23.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 265.38°, with 43.33% saturation and 76.47% 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 9.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 4.41.

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Relative luminance0.4467

Complementary

  1. #bfa9dd
  2. #c7dda9

Split complementary

  1. #bfa9dd
  2. #ddd9a9
  3. #addda9

Analogous

  1. #a9addd
  2. #bfa9dd
  3. #d9a9dd

Triadic

  1. #bfa9dd
  2. #ddbfa9
  3. #a9ddbf

Tetradic

  1. #bfa9dd
  2. #dda9c7
  3. #c7dda9
  4. #a9ddbf

Square

  1. #bfa9dd
  2. #dda9ad
  3. #c7dda9
  4. #a9ddd9

Monochromatic

  1. #6f43aa
  2. #9672c7
  3. #bfa9dd
  4. #e8e0f3
  5. #f4f0f9

Shades

#bfa9dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfa9dd
  2. #ac98c7
  3. #9987b1
  4. #86769b
  5. #736585
  6. #60556f
  7. #4c4458
  8. #393342
  9. #26222c
  10. #131116
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfa9dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfa9dd
  2. #c5b2e0
  3. #ccbae4
  4. #d2c3e7
  5. #d9cbeb
  6. #dfd4ee
  7. #e5ddf1
  8. #ece5f5
  9. #f2eef8
  10. #f9f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfa9dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfa9dd
  2. #b9a5d4
  3. #b2a1ca
  4. #ac9dc1
  5. #a699b8
  6. #a095af
  7. #9990a5
  8. #938c9c
  9. #8d8893
  10. #868489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8afc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fb2df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3b2db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bbb0bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adaede ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afafdc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bcadc9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfa9dd {
  color: #bfa9dd;
}
Background
.bg-bfa9dd {
  background-color: #bfa9dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfa9dd {
  border: 2px solid #bfa9dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfa9dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 169 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 43% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfa9dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfa9dd, #d9a9dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfa9dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 169 221 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 4.41 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.61 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.60 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.23 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.30 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 9.79 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.91 #405622 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#bfa9dd  rgb(191, 169, 221)  hsl(265, 43%, 76%)  Wisteria
#c7dda9  rgb(199, 221, 169)  hsl(85, 43%, 76%)  Tea Green
#ddbfa9  rgb(221, 191, 169)  hsl(25, 43%, 76%)  Desert Sand
#a9ddbf  rgb(169, 221, 191)  hsl(145, 43%, 76%)  Seafoam Green