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#c8a9e7 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8a9e7 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 66.27% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.42% cyan, 26.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 270°, with 56.36% saturation and 78.43% 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 10.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 3.19.

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Relative luminance0.4642

Complementary

  1. #c8a9e7
  2. #c8e7a9

Split complementary

  1. #c8a9e7
  2. #e7e7a9
  3. #a9e7a9

Analogous

  1. #a9a9e7
  2. #c8a9e7
  3. #e7a9e7

Triadic

  1. #c8a9e7
  2. #e7c8a9
  3. #a9e7c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8a9e7
  2. #e7a9c8
  3. #c8e7a9
  4. #a9e7c8

Square

  1. #c8a9e7
  2. #e7a9a9
  3. #c8e7a9
  4. #a9e7e7

Monochromatic

  1. #7b36c1
  2. #a26dd6
  3. #c8a9e7
  4. #eee5f8
  5. #f5effb

Shades

#c8a9e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8a9e7
  2. #b498d0
  3. #a087b9
  4. #8c76a2
  5. #78658b
  6. #645574
  7. #50445c
  8. #3c3345
  9. #28222e
  10. #141117
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8a9e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8a9e7
  2. #ceb2e9
  3. #d3baec
  4. #d9c3ee
  5. #decbf1
  6. #e4d4f3
  7. #e9ddf5
  8. #efe5f8
  9. #f4eefa
  10. #faf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8a9e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8a9e7
  2. #c1a5dd
  3. #baa1d2
  4. #b29dc8
  5. #ab99be
  6. #a495b4
  7. #9d90a9
  8. #968c9f
  9. #8e8895
  10. #87848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb1cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eb4ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4b6e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c4b1bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0b0e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4b1e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c6aed0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8a9e7 {
  color: #c8a9e7;
}
Background
.bg-c8a9e7 {
  background-color: #c8a9e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8a9e7 {
  border: 2px solid #c8a9e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8a9e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 169 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 56% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8a9e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8a9e7, #e7a9e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8a9e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 169 231 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 3.19 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.08 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.71 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.40 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.40 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 11.01 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.46 #375618 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8a9e7  rgb(200, 169, 231)  hsl(270, 56%, 78%)  Wisteria
#c8e7a9  rgb(200, 231, 169)  hsl(90, 56%, 78%)  Tea Green
#e7c8a9  rgb(231, 200, 169)  hsl(30, 56%, 78%)  Desert Sand
#a9e7c8  rgb(169, 231, 200)  hsl(150, 56%, 78%)  Seafoam Green