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#B59EF5

#b59ef5 ≈ Wisteria

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b59ef5 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 96.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.12% cyan, 35.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 255.86°, with 81.31% saturation and 79.02% 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 9.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wisteria (#c9a0dc), ΔE 8.53.

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Relative luminance0.4087

Complementary

  1. #b59ef5
  2. #def59e

Split complementary

  1. #b59ef5
  2. #f5e09e
  3. #b3f59e

Analogous

  1. #9eb3f5
  2. #b59ef5
  3. #e09ef5

Triadic

  1. #b59ef5
  2. #f5b59e
  3. #9ef5b5

Tetradic

  1. #b59ef5
  2. #f59ede
  3. #def59e
  4. #9ef5b5

Square

  1. #b59ef5
  2. #f59eb3
  3. #def59e
  4. #9ef5e0

Monochromatic

  1. #4d17e3
  2. #8059ee
  3. #b59ef5
  4. #eae3fc
  5. #f1edfd

Shades

#b59ef5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b59ef5
  2. #a38edd
  3. #917ec4
  4. #7f6fac
  5. #6d5f93
  6. #5b4f7b
  7. #483f62
  8. #362f4a
  9. #242031
  10. #121019
  11. #000000

Tints

#b59ef5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b59ef5
  2. #bca8f6
  3. #c4b1f7
  4. #cbbbf8
  5. #d3c5f9
  6. #dacffa
  7. #e1d8fb
  8. #e9e2fc
  9. #f0ecfd
  10. #f8f5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b59ef5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b59ef5
  2. #b09be9
  3. #aa98de
  4. #a595d2
  5. #a092c6
  6. #9b8fbb
  7. #958caf
  8. #9089a3
  9. #8b8697
  10. #85838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa6cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87acf8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8aaaf3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8adbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ca7f7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9da5f4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ada7d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b59ef5 {
  color: #b59ef5;
}
Background
.bg-b59ef5 {
  background-color: #b59ef5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b59ef5 {
  border: 2px solid #b59ef5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b59ef5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 158 245;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 81% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b59ef5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b59ef5, #e09ef5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b59ef5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 158 245 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.53 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.89 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.45 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.24 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.04 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.26 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.56 #4a610a Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Wisteria
#b59ef5  rgb(181, 158, 245)  hsl(256, 81%, 79%)  Wisteria
#def59e  rgb(222, 245, 158)  hsl(76, 81%, 79%)  Pastel Yellow
#f5b59e  rgb(245, 181, 158)  hsl(16, 81%, 79%)  Zinnwaldite
#9ef5b5  rgb(158, 245, 181)  hsl(136, 81%, 79%)  Granny Smith Apple