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#B59CD9

#b59cd9 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b59cd9 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 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.59% cyan, 28.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 264.59°, with 44.53% saturation and 73.14% 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 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 4.53.

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Web safe#cc99cc
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Relative luminance0.3861

Complementary

  1. #b59cd9
  2. #c0d99c

Split complementary

  1. #b59cd9
  2. #d9d49c
  3. #a2d99c

Analogous

  1. #9ca2d9
  2. #b59cd9
  3. #d49cd9

Triadic

  1. #b59cd9
  2. #d9b59c
  3. #9cd9b5

Tetradic

  1. #b59cd9
  2. #d99cc0
  3. #c0d99c
  4. #9cd9b5

Square

  1. #b59cd9
  2. #d99ca2
  3. #c0d99c
  4. #9cd9d4

Monochromatic

  1. #653d9f
  2. #8c65c4
  3. #b59cd9
  4. #ded3ee
  5. #f4f0f9

Shades

#b59cd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b59cd9
  2. #a38cc3
  3. #917dae
  4. #7f6d98
  5. #6d5e82
  6. #5b4e6d
  7. #483e57
  8. #362f41
  9. #241f2b
  10. #121016
  11. #000000

Tints

#b59cd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b59cd9
  2. #bca6dd
  3. #c4b0e1
  4. #cbbae4
  5. #d3c4e8
  6. #daceec
  7. #e1d7f0
  8. #e9e1f4
  9. #f0ebf7
  10. #f8f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b59cd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b59cd9
  2. #b099d0
  3. #aa96c7
  4. #a594be
  5. #a091b5
  6. #9b8ead
  7. #958ba4
  8. #90889b
  9. #8b8692
  10. #858389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ada3bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a6dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94a7d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afa5b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0a2db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2a3d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2a1c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b59cd9 {
  color: #b59cd9;
}
Background
.bg-b59cd9 {
  background-color: #b59cd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b59cd9 {
  border: 2px solid #b59cd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b59cd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 156 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 45% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b59cd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b59cd9, #d49cd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b59cd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 156 217 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 4.53 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.18 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.80 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 8.86 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.18 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.58 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.69 #4a6326 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b59cd9  rgb(181, 156, 217)  hsl(265, 45%, 73%)  Wisteria
#c0d99c  rgb(192, 217, 156)  hsl(85, 45%, 73%)  Tea Green
#d9b59c  rgb(217, 181, 156)  hsl(25, 45%, 73%)  Tumbleweed
#9cd9b5  rgb(156, 217, 181)  hsl(145, 45%, 73%)  Seafoam Green