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#C599ED

#c599ed ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c599ed is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 60% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.88% cyan, 35.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 271.43°, with 70% 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 9.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 5.18.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4077

Complementary

  1. #c599ed
  2. #c1ed99

Split complementary

  1. #c599ed
  2. #ebed99
  3. #99ed9b

Analogous

  1. #9b99ed
  2. #c599ed
  3. #ed99eb

Triadic

  1. #c599ed
  2. #edc599
  3. #99edc5

Tetradic

  1. #c599ed
  2. #ed99c1
  3. #c1ed99
  4. #99edc5

Square

  1. #c599ed
  2. #ed9b99
  3. #c1ed99
  4. #99ebed

Monochromatic

  1. #7a24c9
  2. #a058e2
  3. #c599ed
  4. #eadaf8
  5. #f5eefc

Shades

#c599ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c599ed
  2. #b18ad5
  3. #9e7abe
  4. #8a6ba6
  5. #765c8e
  6. #634d77
  7. #4f3d5f
  8. #3b2e47
  9. #271f2f
  10. #140f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#c599ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c599ed
  2. #cba3ef
  3. #d1adf1
  4. #d6b8f2
  5. #dcc2f4
  6. #e2ccf6
  7. #e8d6f8
  8. #eee0fa
  9. #f3ebfb
  10. #f9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c599ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c599ed
  2. #be97e2
  3. #b794d7
  4. #b092cc
  5. #a98fc1
  6. #a38db7
  7. #9c8aac
  8. #9588a1
  9. #8e8596
  10. #87838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6a4c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a9f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92aceb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c0a5b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4a3ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9a5ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c2a1cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c599ed {
  color: #c599ed;
}
Background
.bg-c599ed {
  background-color: #c599ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c599ed {
  border: 2px solid #c599ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c599ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 153 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 271 70% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c599ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c599ed, #ed99eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c599ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 153 237 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.18 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.51 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.28 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.87 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.54 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.13 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.62 #3a6612 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c599ed  rgb(197, 153, 237)  hsl(271, 70%, 76%)  Wisteria
#c1ed99  rgb(193, 237, 153)  hsl(91, 70%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple
#edc599  rgb(237, 197, 153)  hsl(31, 70%, 76%)  Peach Orange
#99edc5  rgb(153, 237, 197)  hsl(151, 70%, 76%)  Seafoam Green