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#B596CD

#b596cd ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b596cd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 58.82% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.71% cyan, 26.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 273.82°, with 35.48% saturation and 69.61% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 4.29.

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Web safe#cc99cc
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Relative luminance0.3604

Complementary

  1. #b596cd
  2. #aecd96

Split complementary

  1. #b596cd
  2. #c9cd96
  3. #96cd9a

Analogous

  1. #9a96cd
  2. #b596cd
  3. #cd96c9

Triadic

  1. #b596cd
  2. #cdb596
  3. #96cdb5

Tetradic

  1. #b596cd
  2. #cd96ae
  3. #aecd96
  4. #96cdb5

Square

  1. #b596cd
  2. #cd9a96
  3. #aecd96
  4. #96c9cd

Monochromatic

  1. #6a4189
  2. #9062b4
  3. #b596cd
  4. #dacae6
  5. #f5f1f8

Shades

#b596cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b596cd
  2. #a387b9
  3. #9178a4
  4. #7f6990
  5. #6d5a7b
  6. #5b4b67
  7. #483c52
  8. #362d3e
  9. #241e29
  10. #120f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#b596cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b596cd
  2. #bca1d2
  3. #c4abd7
  4. #cbb6dc
  5. #d3c0e1
  6. #dacbe6
  7. #e1d5eb
  8. #e9e0f0
  9. #f0eaf5
  10. #f8f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b596cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b596cd
  2. #b094c5
  3. #aa92be
  4. #a58fb6
  5. #a08dae
  6. #9b8ba7
  7. #95899f
  8. #908797
  9. #8b848f
  10. #858288
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aa9db5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da0cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93a2cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b29da9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9f9cce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a29ecc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39ab9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b596cd {
  color: #b596cd;
}
Background
.bg-b596cd {
  background-color: #b596cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b596cd {
  border: 2px solid #b596cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b596cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 150 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 35% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b596cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b596cd, #cd96c9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b596cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 150 205 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 4.29 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 6.63 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.00 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.77 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.14 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.95 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.13 #4a6932 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b596cd  rgb(181, 150, 205)  hsl(274, 35%, 70%)  Wisteria
#aecd96  rgb(174, 205, 150)  hsl(94, 35%, 70%)  Celadon
#cdb596  rgb(205, 181, 150)  hsl(34, 35%, 70%)  Tan
#96cdb5  rgb(150, 205, 181)  hsl(154, 35%, 70%)  Seafoam Green