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#CE99ED

#ce99ed ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ce99ed is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 60% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.08% cyan, 35.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 277.86°, with 70% saturation and 76.47% 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 9.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 4.69.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4202

Complementary

  1. #ce99ed
  2. #b8ed99

Split complementary

  1. #ce99ed
  2. #e2ed99
  3. #99eda4

Analogous

  1. #a499ed
  2. #ce99ed
  3. #ed99e2

Triadic

  1. #ce99ed
  2. #edce99
  3. #99edce

Tetradic

  1. #ce99ed
  2. #ed99b8
  3. #b8ed99
  4. #99edce

Square

  1. #ce99ed
  2. #eda499
  3. #b8ed99
  4. #99e2ed

Monochromatic

  1. #8c24c9
  2. #af58e2
  3. #ce99ed
  4. #eddaf8
  5. #f7eefc

Shades

#ce99ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce99ed
  2. #b98ad5
  3. #a57abe
  4. #906ba6
  5. #7c5c8e
  6. #674d77
  7. #523d5f
  8. #3e2e47
  9. #291f2f
  10. #150f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce99ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce99ed
  2. #d3a3ef
  3. #d8adf1
  4. #ddb8f2
  5. #e2c2f4
  6. #e7ccf6
  7. #ebd6f8
  8. #f0e0fa
  9. #f5ebfb
  10. #faf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce99ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce99ed
  2. #c697e2
  3. #be94d7
  4. #b792cc
  5. #af8fc1
  6. #a78db7
  7. #9f8aac
  8. #9788a1
  9. #908596
  10. #88838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bba6ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aabf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97afeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cba4b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aaa4ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a6ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cca0cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce99ed {
  color: #ce99ed;
}
Background
.bg-ce99ed {
  background-color: #ce99ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce99ed {
  border: 2px solid #ce99ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce99ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 153 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 70% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce99ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce99ed, #ed99e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce99ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 153 237 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 4.69 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 5.75 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.35 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.81 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 7.91 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.47 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.07 #316612 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Wisteria
#ce99ed  rgb(206, 153, 237)  hsl(278, 70%, 76%)  Wisteria
#b8ed99  rgb(184, 237, 153)  hsl(98, 70%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple
#edce99  rgb(237, 206, 153)  hsl(38, 70%, 76%)  Sunset
#99edce  rgb(153, 237, 206)  hsl(158, 70%, 76%)  Magic Mint