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#c8b4e6 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c8b4e6 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 70.59% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.04% cyan, 21.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 264°, with 50% saturation and 80.39% 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 11.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 6.2.

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Relative luminance0.5064

Complementary

  1. #c8b4e6
  2. #d2e6b4

Split complementary

  1. #c8b4e6
  2. #e6e1b4
  3. #b9e6b4

Analogous

  1. #b4b9e6
  2. #c8b4e6
  3. #e1b4e6

Triadic

  1. #c8b4e6
  2. #e6c8b4
  3. #b4e6c8

Tetradic

  1. #c8b4e6
  2. #e6b4d2
  3. #d2e6b4
  4. #b4e6c8

Square

  1. #c8b4e6
  2. #e6b4b9
  3. #d2e6b4
  4. #b4e6e1

Monochromatic

  1. #7441c0
  2. #9e7bd3
  3. #c8b4e6
  4. #f2edf9
  5. #f4f0fa

Shades

#c8b4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8b4e6
  2. #b4a2cf
  3. #a090b8
  4. #8c7ea1
  5. #786c8a
  6. #645a73
  7. #50485c
  8. #3c3645
  9. #28242e
  10. #141217
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8b4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8b4e6
  2. #cebce9
  3. #d3c3eb
  4. #d9cbee
  5. #ded2f0
  6. #e4daf3
  7. #e9e1f5
  8. #efe9f8
  9. #f4f0fa
  10. #faf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8b4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8b4e6
  2. #c1afdc
  3. #baaad2
  4. #b2a4c7
  5. #ab9fbd
  6. #a49ab3
  7. #9d95a9
  8. #96909f
  9. #8e8a94
  10. #87858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1b9ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abbce8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aebde4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c3bbc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7b9e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9b9e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c5b8d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8b4e6 {
  color: #c8b4e6;
}
Background
.bg-c8b4e6 {
  background-color: #c8b4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8b4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #c8b4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8b4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 180 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 50% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8b4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8b4e6, #e1b4e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8b4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 180 230 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.20 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 7.15 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.66 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.67 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 8.20 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.02 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.39 #374b19 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Wisteria
#c8b4e6  rgb(200, 180, 230)  hsl(264, 50%, 80%)  Wisteria
#d2e6b4  rgb(210, 230, 180)  hsl(84, 50%, 80%)  Tea Green
#e6c8b4  rgb(230, 200, 180)  hsl(24, 50%, 80%)  Desert Sand
#b4e6c8  rgb(180, 230, 200)  hsl(144, 50%, 80%)  Seafoam Green