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#CD99EA

#cd99ea ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#cd99ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 60% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.39% cyan, 34.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 278.52°, with 65.85% saturation and 75.88% 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 9.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 4.2.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.417

Complementary

  1. #cd99ea
  2. #b6ea99

Split complementary

  1. #cd99ea
  2. #deea99
  3. #99eaa4

Analogous

  1. #a499ea
  2. #cd99ea
  3. #ea99de

Triadic

  1. #cd99ea
  2. #eacd99
  3. #99eacd

Tetradic

  1. #cd99ea
  2. #ea99b6
  3. #b6ea99
  4. #99eacd

Square

  1. #cd99ea
  2. #eaa499
  3. #b6ea99
  4. #99deea

Monochromatic

  1. #8b28c2
  2. #ae5add
  3. #cd99ea
  4. #ecd8f7
  5. #f7eefc

Shades

#cd99ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd99ea
  2. #b98ad3
  3. #a47abb
  4. #906ba4
  5. #7b5c8c
  6. #674d75
  7. #523d5e
  8. #3e2e46
  9. #291f2f
  10. #150f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd99ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd99ea
  2. #d2a3ec
  3. #d7adee
  4. #dcb8f0
  5. #e1c2f2
  6. #e6ccf5
  7. #ebd6f7
  8. #f0e0f9
  9. #f5ebfb
  10. #faf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd99ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd99ea
  2. #c597df
  3. #be94d5
  4. #b692ca
  5. #ae8fc0
  6. #a78db5
  7. #9f8aaa
  8. #9788a0
  9. #8f8595
  10. #88838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bba5c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8baaed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97aee8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cba4b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaa3ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa6e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cca0cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd99ea {
  color: #cd99ea;
}
Background
.bg-cd99ea {
  background-color: #cd99ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd99ea {
  border: 2px solid #cd99ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd99ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 153 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 66% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd99ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd99ea, #ea99de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd99ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 153 234 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 4.20 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.85 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 5.98 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.81 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.03 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 9.56 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.76 #326615 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Wisteria
#cd99ea  rgb(205, 153, 234)  hsl(279, 66%, 76%)  Wisteria
#b6ea99  rgb(182, 234, 153)  hsl(99, 66%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple
#eacd99  rgb(234, 205, 153)  hsl(39, 66%, 76%)  Sunset
#99eacd  rgb(153, 234, 205)  hsl(159, 66%, 76%)  Magic Mint