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#cfa8e4 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#cfa8e4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 65.88% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.21% cyan, 26.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 279°, with 52.63% saturation and 77.65% 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 10.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 2.11.

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Relative luminance0.4687

Complementary

  1. #cfa8e4
  2. #bde4a8

Split complementary

  1. #cfa8e4
  2. #dbe4a8
  3. #a8e4b1

Analogous

  1. #b1a8e4
  2. #cfa8e4
  3. #e4a8db

Triadic

  1. #cfa8e4
  2. #e4cfa8
  3. #a8e4cf

Tetradic

  1. #cfa8e4
  2. #e4a8bd
  3. #bde4a8
  4. #a8e4cf

Square

  1. #cfa8e4
  2. #e4b1a8
  3. #bde4a8
  4. #a8dbe4

Monochromatic

  1. #8d3ab9
  2. #af6ed2
  3. #cfa8e4
  4. #efe2f6
  5. #f6effa

Shades

#cfa8e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cfa8e4
  2. #ba97cd
  3. #a686b6
  4. #9176a0
  5. #7c6589
  6. #685472
  7. #53435b
  8. #3e3244
  9. #29222e
  10. #151117
  11. #000000

Tints

#cfa8e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cfa8e4
  2. #d4b1e7
  3. #d9b9e9
  4. #ddc2ec
  5. #e2cbef
  6. #e7d4f2
  7. #ecdcf4
  8. #f1e5f7
  9. #f5eefa
  10. #faf6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cfa8e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cfa8e4
  2. #c7a4da
  3. #bfa0d0
  4. #b79cc6
  5. #af98bc
  6. #a894b2
  7. #a090a8
  8. #988c9e
  9. #908894
  10. #88848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1b1ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fb4e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8b7e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ceafbd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4afe5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9b1e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ceacce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cfa8e4 {
  color: #cfa8e4;
}
Background
.bg-cfa8e4 {
  background-color: #cfa8e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cfa8e4 {
  border: 2px solid #cfa8e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cfa8e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 168 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 53% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cfa8e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfa8e4, #e4a8db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cfa8e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 168 228 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 2.11 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 4.65 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 4.84 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.15 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 10.39 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 11.19 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.47 #30571b Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#cfa8e4  rgb(207, 168, 228)  hsl(279, 53%, 78%)  Wisteria
#bde4a8  rgb(189, 228, 168)  hsl(99, 53%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e4cfa8  rgb(228, 207, 168)  hsl(39, 53%, 78%)  Wheat
#a8e4cf  rgb(168, 228, 207)  hsl(159, 53%, 78%)  Magic Mint