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#C298E4

#c298e4 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c298e4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 59.61% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.91% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 273.16°, with 58.46% saturation and 74.51% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 4.02.

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Web safe#cc99cc
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Relative luminance0.3953

Complementary

  1. #c298e4
  2. #bae498

Split complementary

  1. #c298e4
  2. #e0e498
  3. #98e49c

Analogous

  1. #9c98e4
  2. #c298e4
  3. #e498e0

Triadic

  1. #c298e4
  2. #e4c298
  3. #98e4c2

Tetradic

  1. #c298e4
  2. #e498ba
  3. #bae498
  4. #98e4c2

Square

  1. #c298e4
  2. #e49c98
  3. #bae498
  4. #98e0e4

Monochromatic

  1. #782fb4
  2. #9e5bd4
  3. #c298e4
  4. #e6d5f4
  5. #f5effb

Shades

#c298e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c298e4
  2. #af89cd
  3. #9b7ab6
  4. #886aa0
  5. #745b89
  6. #614c72
  7. #4e3d5b
  8. #3a2e44
  9. #271e2e
  10. #130f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#c298e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c298e4
  2. #c8a2e7
  3. #ceade9
  4. #d4b7ec
  5. #dac1ef
  6. #e1ccf2
  7. #e7d6f4
  8. #ede0f7
  9. #f3eafa
  10. #f9f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c298e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c298e4
  2. #bb96da
  3. #b593d0
  4. #ae91c6
  5. #a88ebc
  6. #a18cb2
  7. #9a8aa8
  8. #94879e
  9. #8d8594
  10. #87828a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3a2c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa7e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93a9e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bea3b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3a1e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8a3e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c09ec9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c298e4 {
  color: #c298e4;
}
Background
.bg-c298e4 {
  background-color: #c298e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c298e4 {
  border: 2px solid #c298e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c298e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 152 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 58% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c298e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c298e4, #e498e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c298e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 152 228 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 4.02 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.01 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.12 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.15 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.30 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.78 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.79 #3d671b Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c298e4  rgb(194, 152, 228)  hsl(273, 58%, 75%)  Wisteria
#bae498  rgb(186, 228, 152)  hsl(93, 58%, 75%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e4c298  rgb(228, 194, 152)  hsl(33, 58%, 75%)  Burly Wood
#98e4c2  rgb(152, 228, 194)  hsl(153, 58%, 75%)  Seafoam Green