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#B59EE3

#b59ee3 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b59ee3 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 61.96% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.26% cyan, 30.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 260°, with 55.2% saturation and 75.49% 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 8.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 5.75.

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Relative luminance0.3982

Complementary

  1. #b59ee3
  2. #cce39e

Split complementary

  1. #b59ee3
  2. #e3d79e
  3. #a9e39e

Analogous

  1. #9ea9e3
  2. #b59ee3
  3. #d79ee3

Triadic

  1. #b59ee3
  2. #e3b59e
  3. #9ee3b5

Tetradic

  1. #b59ee3
  2. #e39ecc
  3. #cce39e
  4. #9ee3b5

Square

  1. #b59ee3
  2. #e39ea9
  3. #cce39e
  4. #9ee3d7

Monochromatic

  1. #5f34b4
  2. #8863d2
  3. #b59ee3
  4. #e2d9f4
  5. #f3effa

Shades

#b59ee3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b59ee3
  2. #a38ecc
  3. #917eb6
  4. #7f6f9f
  5. #6d5f88
  6. #5b4f72
  7. #483f5b
  8. #362f44
  9. #24202d
  10. #121017
  11. #000000

Tints

#b59ee3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b59ee3
  2. #bca8e6
  3. #c4b1e9
  4. #cbbbeb
  5. #d3c5ee
  6. #dacff1
  7. #e1d8f4
  8. #e9e2f7
  9. #f0ecf9
  10. #f8f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b59ee3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b59ee3
  2. #b09bd9
  3. #aa98cf
  4. #a595c5
  5. #a092bb
  6. #9b8fb2
  7. #958ca8
  8. #90899e
  9. #8b8694
  10. #85838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aea5c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa9e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92a9e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ada9b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fa5e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1a5e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b0a5ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b59ee3 {
  color: #b59ee3;
}
Background
.bg-b59ee3 {
  background-color: #b59ee3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b59ee3 {
  border: 2px solid #b59ee3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b59ee3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 158 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 55% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b59ee3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b59ee3, #d79ee3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b59ee3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 158 227 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 5.75 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.35 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.21 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.91 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.91 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.02 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.93 #4a611c Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b59ee3  rgb(181, 158, 227)  hsl(260, 55%, 75%)  Wisteria
#cce39e  rgb(204, 227, 158)  hsl(80, 55%, 75%)  Tea Green
#e3b59e  rgb(227, 181, 158)  hsl(20, 55%, 75%)  Zinnwaldite
#9ee3b5  rgb(158, 227, 181)  hsl(140, 55%, 75%)  Seafoam Green