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#cdacea ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cdacea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 67.45% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.39% cyan, 26.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 271.94°, with 59.62% saturation and 79.61% 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 10.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 3.5.

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Relative luminance0.4842

Complementary

  1. #cdacea
  2. #c9eaac

Split complementary

  1. #cdacea
  2. #e8eaac
  3. #aceaae

Analogous

  1. #aeacea
  2. #cdacea
  3. #eaace8

Triadic

  1. #cdacea
  2. #eacdac
  3. #aceacd

Tetradic

  1. #cdacea
  2. #eaacc9
  3. #c9eaac
  4. #aceacd

Square

  1. #cdacea
  2. #eaaeac
  3. #c9eaac
  4. #ace8ea

Monochromatic

  1. #8333ca
  2. #a86fdb
  3. #cdacea
  4. #f2e9f9
  5. #f5effb

Shades

#cdacea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cdacea
  2. #b99bd3
  3. #a48abb
  4. #9078a4
  5. #7b678c
  6. #675675
  7. #52455e
  8. #3e3446
  9. #29222f
  10. #151117
  11. #000000

Tints

#cdacea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cdacea
  2. #d2b4ec
  3. #d7bdee
  4. #dcc5f0
  5. #e1cdf2
  6. #e6d6f5
  7. #ebdef7
  8. #f0e6f9
  9. #f5eefb
  10. #faf7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cdacea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cdacea
  2. #c5a8df
  3. #bea3d5
  4. #b69fca
  5. #ae9ac0
  6. #a796b5
  7. #9f92aa
  8. #978da0
  9. #8f8995
  10. #88848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1b4ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1b7ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8b9e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cab4c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5b3ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b8b4e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cbb1d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cdacea {
  color: #cdacea;
}
Background
.bg-cdacea {
  background-color: #cdacea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cdacea {
  border: 2px solid #cdacea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cdacea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 172 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 60% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cdacea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cdacea, #eaace8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cdacea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 172 234 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 3.50 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.35 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.36 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.44 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.17 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.56 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.82 #325315 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#cdacea  rgb(205, 172, 234)  hsl(272, 60%, 80%)  Wisteria
#c9eaac  rgb(201, 234, 172)  hsl(92, 60%, 80%)  Tea Green
#eacdac  rgb(234, 205, 172)  hsl(32, 60%, 80%)  Light Apricot
#aceacd  rgb(172, 234, 205)  hsl(152, 60%, 80%)  Magic Mint