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#bfabd7 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfabd7 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 67.06% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.16% cyan, 20.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 267.27°, with 35.48% saturation and 75.69% 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 10.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 5.5.

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Relative luminance0.4511

Complementary

  1. #bfabd7
  2. #c3d7ab

Split complementary

  1. #bfabd7
  2. #d7d5ab
  3. #add7ab

Analogous

  1. #abadd7
  2. #bfabd7
  3. #d5abd7

Triadic

  1. #bfabd7
  2. #d7bfab
  3. #abd7bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfabd7
  2. #d7abc3
  3. #c3d7ab
  4. #abd7bf

Square

  1. #bfabd7
  2. #d7abad
  3. #c3d7ab
  4. #abd7d5

Monochromatic

  1. #714b9e
  2. #9877be
  3. #bfabd7
  4. #e6dff0
  5. #f4f1f8

Shades

#bfabd7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfabd7
  2. #ac9ac2
  3. #9989ac
  4. #867897
  5. #736781
  6. #60566c
  7. #4c4456
  8. #393341
  9. #26222b
  10. #131116
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfabd7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfabd7
  2. #c5b3db
  3. #ccbcdf
  4. #d2c4e3
  5. #d9cde7
  6. #dfd5eb
  7. #e5ddef
  8. #ece6f3
  9. #f2eef7
  10. #f9f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfabd7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfabd7
  2. #b9a7ce
  3. #b2a2c6
  4. #ac9ebd
  5. #a69ab4
  6. #a096ac
  7. #9991a3
  8. #938d9a
  9. #8d8991
  10. #868489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8b0c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4b2d9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7b3d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bcb1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afafd8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1b0d6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bdafc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfabd7 {
  color: #bfabd7;
}
Background
.bg-bfabd7 {
  background-color: #bfabd7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfabd7 {
  border: 2px solid #bfabd7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfabd7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 171 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 35% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfabd7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfabd7, #d5abd7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfabd7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 171 215 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.50 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 5.73 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.66 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 8.11 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.72 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.94 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.01 #405428 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#bfabd7  rgb(191, 171, 215)  hsl(267, 35%, 76%)  Wisteria
#c3d7ab  rgb(195, 215, 171)  hsl(87, 35%, 76%)  Tea Green
#d7bfab  rgb(215, 191, 171)  hsl(27, 35%, 76%)  Desert Sand
#abd7bf  rgb(171, 215, 191)  hsl(147, 35%, 76%)  Seafoam Green