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#B59DFF

#b59dff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b59dff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 61.57% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.02% cyan, 38.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 254.69°, with 100% saturation and 80.78% 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 9.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 9.68.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4116

Complementary

  1. #b59dff
  2. #e7ff9d

Split complementary

  1. #b59dff
  2. #ffe69d
  3. #b6ff9d

Analogous

  1. #9db6ff
  2. #b59dff
  3. #e69dff

Triadic

  1. #b59dff
  2. #ffb59d
  3. #9dffb5

Tetradic

  1. #b59dff
  2. #ff9de7
  3. #e7ff9d
  4. #9dffb5

Square

  1. #b59dff
  2. #ff9db6
  3. #e7ff9d
  4. #9dffe6

Monochromatic

  1. #4104ff
  2. #7b50ff
  3. #b59dff
  4. #efe9ff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#b59dff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b59dff
  2. #a38de6
  3. #917ecc
  4. #7f6eb3
  5. #6d5e99
  6. #5b4f80
  7. #483f66
  8. #362f4d
  9. #241f33
  10. #12101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b59dff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b59dff
  2. #bca7ff
  3. #c4b1ff
  4. #cbbaff
  5. #d3c4ff
  6. #daceff
  7. #e1d8ff
  8. #e9e2ff
  9. #f0ebff
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b59dff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b59dff
  2. #b09af2
  3. #aa97e6
  4. #a594d9
  5. #a091cc
  6. #9b8fc0
  7. #958cb3
  8. #9089a6
  9. #8b8699
  10. #85838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a6d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81adff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84aafd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5aec2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99a7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa5fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca8dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b59dff {
  color: #b59dff;
}
Background
.bg-b59dff {
  background-color: #b59dff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b59dff {
  border: 2px solid #b59dff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b59dff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 157 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 100% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b59dff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b59dff, #e69dff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b59dff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 157 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.68 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.86 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.08 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.99 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.39 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.98 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 13.04 #4a6200 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Mauve
#b59dff  rgb(181, 157, 255)  hsl(255, 100%, 81%)  Mauve
#e7ff9d  rgb(231, 255, 157)  hsl(75, 100%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffb59d  rgb(255, 181, 157)  hsl(15, 100%, 81%)  Vivid Tangerine
#9dffb5  rgb(157, 255, 181)  hsl(135, 100%, 81%)  Pale Green