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#C299EA

#c299ea ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c299ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 60% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.09% cyan, 34.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 270.37°, with 65.85% 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 9.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 4.94.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4019

Complementary

  1. #c299ea
  2. #c1ea99

Split complementary

  1. #c299ea
  2. #e9ea99
  3. #99ea99

Analogous

  1. #9999ea
  2. #c299ea
  3. #ea99e9

Triadic

  1. #c299ea
  2. #eac299
  3. #99eac2

Tetradic

  1. #c299ea
  2. #ea99c1
  3. #c1ea99
  4. #99eac2

Square

  1. #c299ea
  2. #ea9999
  3. #c1ea99
  4. #99e9ea

Monochromatic

  1. #7628c2
  2. #9c5add
  3. #c299ea
  4. #e8d8f7
  5. #f5eefc

Shades

#c299ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c299ea
  2. #af8ad3
  3. #9b7abb
  4. #886ba4
  5. #745c8c
  6. #614d75
  7. #4e3d5e
  8. #3a2e46
  9. #271f2f
  10. #130f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#c299ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c299ea
  2. #c8a3ec
  3. #ceadee
  4. #d4b8f0
  5. #dac2f2
  6. #e1ccf5
  7. #e7d6f7
  8. #ede0f9
  9. #f3ebfb
  10. #f9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c299ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c299ea
  2. #bb97df
  3. #b594d5
  4. #ae92ca
  5. #a88fc0
  6. #a18db5
  7. #9a8aaa
  8. #9488a0
  9. #8d8595
  10. #87838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4a3c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a8ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91aae8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bca5b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3a2ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7a4e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bfa0cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c299ea {
  color: #c299ea;
}
Background
.bg-c299ea {
  background-color: #c299ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c299ea {
  border: 2px solid #c299ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c299ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 153 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 66% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c299ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c299ea, #ea99e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c299ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 153 234 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 4.94 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.81 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.22 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.97 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.05 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.31 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.60 #3d6615 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c299ea  rgb(194, 153, 234)  hsl(270, 66%, 76%)  Wisteria
#c1ea99  rgb(193, 234, 153)  hsl(90, 66%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple
#eac299  rgb(234, 194, 153)  hsl(30, 66%, 76%)  Burly Wood
#99eac2  rgb(153, 234, 194)  hsl(150, 66%, 76%)  Seafoam Green