{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"wisteria-vs-lilac","type":"nearest","name":"Wisteria vs Lilac","verdict":"Wisteria and Lilac are very close colors. Wisteria is the lighter option. Lilac reads warmer. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Wisteria and Lilac are different purple and pink colors with HEX values #C9A0DC and #C8A2C8. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 20.1, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":20.1,"contrastRatio":1.01,"colors":[{"slug":"wisteria","name":"Wisteria","hex":"#C9A0DC","rgb":[201,160,220],"hsl":[281,46,75],"cmyk":[9,27,0,14],"family":"purple","temperature":"cool","tone":["balanced"],"luminance":0.4273,"contrast":{"black":9.55,"white":2.2},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":9.55},"description":"Wisteria is #C9A0DC, a cool purple color with balanced character. Compared with Lilac, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for beauty branding, creative systems, and premium accents, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/wisteria/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wisteria.json"},{"slug":"lilac","name":"Lilac","hex":"#C8A2C8","rgb":[200,162,200],"hsl":[300,26,71],"cmyk":[0,19,0,22],"family":"pink","temperature":"warm","tone":["muted"],"luminance":0.4229,"contrast":{"black":9.46,"white":2.22},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":9.46},"description":"Lilac is #C8A2C8, a warm pink color with muted character. Compared with Wisteria, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for beauty branding, creative systems, and premium accents, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/lilac/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lilac.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":20.1,"contrastRatio":1.01,"hslDelta":{"hue":19,"saturation":20,"lightness":4},"luminanceDelta":0.0044,"sameFamily":false,"sameTemperature":false,"sharedTones":[],"lighterColor":"Wisteria","moreSaturatedColor":"Wisteria"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.01,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Wisteria","background":"#C9A0DC","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":9.55},{"color":"Lilac","background":"#C8A2C8","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":9.46}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Wisteria is better when the design needs balanced purple character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #C9A0DC.","chooseSecondWhen":"Lilac is better when the design needs muted pink character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #C8A2C8.","useTogetherWhen":"Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."},"relatedApi":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/wisteria-vs-lilac.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wisteria.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lilac.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/wisteria-vs-lilac/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/wisteria-vs-lilac.json"}