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#CBB4E8

#cbb4e8 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cbb4e8 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 70.59% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.5% cyan, 22.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 266.54°, with 53.06% saturation and 80.78% 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 11.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 5.76.

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Relative luminance0.5117

Complementary

  1. #cbb4e8
  2. #d1e8b4

Split complementary

  1. #cbb4e8
  2. #e8e5b4
  3. #b7e8b4

Analogous

  1. #b4b7e8
  2. #cbb4e8
  3. #e5b4e8

Triadic

  1. #cbb4e8
  2. #e8cbb4
  3. #b4e8cb

Tetradic

  1. #cbb4e8
  2. #e8b4d1
  3. #d1e8b4
  4. #b4e8cb

Square

  1. #cbb4e8
  2. #e8b4b7
  3. #d1e8b4
  4. #b4e8e5

Monochromatic

  1. #7a3fc4
  2. #a279d6
  3. #cbb4e8
  4. #f4effa
  5. #f4effa

Shades

#cbb4e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cbb4e8
  2. #b7a2d1
  3. #a290ba
  4. #8e7ea2
  5. #7a6c8b
  6. #665a74
  7. #51485d
  8. #3d3646
  9. #29242e
  10. #141217
  11. #000000

Tints

#cbb4e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cbb4e8
  2. #d0bcea
  3. #d5c3ed
  4. #dbcbef
  5. #e0d2f1
  6. #e5daf4
  7. #eae1f6
  8. #efe9f8
  9. #f5f0fa
  10. #faf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cbb4e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cbb4e8
  2. #c4afde
  3. #bcaad3
  4. #b5a4c9
  5. #ad9fbe
  6. #a69ab4
  7. #9e95aa
  8. #97909f
  9. #8f8a95
  10. #88858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3bad0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abbdea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbee6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7bbc6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9b9e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbbae7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c9b8d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cbb4e8 {
  color: #cbb4e8;
}
Background
.bg-cbb4e8 {
  background-color: #cbb4e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cbb4e8 {
  border: 2px solid #cbb4e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cbb4e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 180 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 53% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cbb4e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cbb4e8, #e5b4e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cbb4e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 180 232 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.76 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 6.43 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.53 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.00 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 8.35 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.40 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.78 #344b17 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Wisteria
#cbb4e8  rgb(203, 180, 232)  hsl(267, 53%, 81%)  Wisteria
#d1e8b4  rgb(209, 232, 180)  hsl(87, 53%, 81%)  Tea Green
#e8cbb4  rgb(232, 203, 180)  hsl(27, 53%, 81%)  Desert Sand
#b4e8cb  rgb(180, 232, 203)  hsl(147, 53%, 81%)  Magic Mint