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#C8A7E4

#c8a7e4 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8a7e4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 65.49% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.28% cyan, 26.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 272.46°, with 53.04% saturation and 77.45% 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 10.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 2.45.

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Relative luminance0.4552

Complementary

  1. #c8a7e4
  2. #c3e4a7

Split complementary

  1. #c8a7e4
  2. #e1e4a7
  3. #a7e4a9

Analogous

  1. #a9a7e4
  2. #c8a7e4
  3. #e4a7e1

Triadic

  1. #c8a7e4
  2. #e4c8a7
  3. #a7e4c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a7e4
  2. #e4a7c3
  3. #c3e4a7
  4. #a7e4c8

Square

  1. #c8a7e4
  2. #e4a9a7
  3. #c3e4a7
  4. #a7e1e4

Monochromatic

  1. #7e39b9
  2. #a36cd2
  3. #c8a7e4
  4. #ede2f6
  5. #f5effa

Shades

#c8a7e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a7e4
  2. #b496cd
  3. #a086b6
  4. #8c75a0
  5. #786489
  6. #645472
  7. #50435b
  8. #3c3244
  9. #28212e
  10. #141117
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a7e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a7e4
  2. #ceb0e7
  3. #d3b9e9
  4. #d9c1ec
  5. #decaef
  6. #e4d3f2
  7. #e9dcf4
  8. #efe5f7
  9. #f4edfa
  10. #faf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a7e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a7e4
  2. #c1a3da
  3. #ba9fd0
  4. #b29bc6
  5. #ab97bc
  6. #a494b2
  7. #9d90a8
  8. #968c9e
  9. #8e8894
  10. #87848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcafc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9db2e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3b4e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c5afbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0aee6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3afe3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6accd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a7e4 {
  color: #c8a7e4;
}
Background
.bg-c8a7e4 {
  background-color: #c8a7e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a7e4 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a7e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a7e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 167 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 53% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a7e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a7e4, #e4a7e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a7e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 167 228 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 2.45 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.31 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.12 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.82 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.95 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.08 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.08 #37581b Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8a7e4  rgb(200, 167, 228)  hsl(272, 53%, 77%)  Wisteria
#c3e4a7  rgb(195, 228, 167)  hsl(92, 53%, 77%)  Tea Green
#e4c8a7  rgb(228, 200, 167)  hsl(32, 53%, 77%)  Desert Sand
#a7e4c8  rgb(167, 228, 200)  hsl(152, 53%, 77%)  Seafoam Green