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#B59CD4

#b59cd4 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b59cd4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 61.18% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.62% cyan, 26.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 266.79°, with 39.44% saturation and 72.16% 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 8.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 4.26.

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Relative luminance0.3835

Complementary

  1. #b59cd4
  2. #bbd49c

Split complementary

  1. #b59cd4
  2. #d4d19c
  3. #9fd49c

Analogous

  1. #9c9fd4
  2. #b59cd4
  3. #d19cd4

Triadic

  1. #b59cd4
  2. #d4b59c
  3. #9cd4b5

Tetradic

  1. #b59cd4
  2. #d49cbb
  3. #bbd49c
  4. #9cd4b5

Square

  1. #b59cd4
  2. #d49c9f
  3. #bbd49c
  4. #9cd4d1

Monochromatic

  1. #674196
  2. #8d67bd
  3. #b59cd4
  4. #ddd1eb
  5. #f4f1f9

Shades

#b59cd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b59cd4
  2. #a38cbf
  3. #917daa
  4. #7f6d94
  5. #6d5e7f
  6. #5b4e6a
  7. #483e55
  8. #362f40
  9. #241f2a
  10. #121015
  11. #000000

Tints

#b59cd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b59cd4
  2. #bca6d8
  3. #c4b0dd
  4. #cbbae1
  5. #d3c4e5
  6. #daceea
  7. #e1d7ee
  8. #e9e1f2
  9. #f0ebf6
  10. #f8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b59cd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b59cd4
  2. #b099cc
  3. #aa96c3
  4. #a594bb
  5. #a091b2
  6. #9b8eaa
  7. #958ba2
  8. #908899
  9. #8b8691
  10. #858388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca2ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a6d6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96a7d2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1a4b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1a2d5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3a2d3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2a1bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b59cd4 {
  color: #b59cd4;
}
Background
.bg-b59cd4 {
  background-color: #b59cd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b59cd4 {
  border: 2px solid #b59cd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b59cd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 156 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 39% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b59cd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b59cd4, #d19cd4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b59cd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 156 212 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 4.26 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 7.15 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.54 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.21 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 9.41 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.71 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.01 #4a632b Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b59cd4  rgb(181, 156, 212)  hsl(267, 39%, 72%)  Wisteria
#bbd49c  rgb(187, 212, 156)  hsl(87, 39%, 72%)  Celadon
#d4b59c  rgb(212, 181, 156)  hsl(27, 39%, 72%)  Tan
#9cd4b5  rgb(156, 212, 181)  hsl(147, 39%, 72%)  Seafoam Green