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#B59FFF

#b59fff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b59fff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 62.35% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.02% cyan, 37.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 253.75°, with 100% saturation and 81.18% 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 9.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 9.56.

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Relative luminance0.4184

Complementary

  1. #b59fff
  2. #e9ff9f

Split complementary

  1. #b59fff
  2. #ffe59f
  3. #b9ff9f

Analogous

  1. #9fb9ff
  2. #b59fff
  3. #e59fff

Triadic

  1. #b59fff
  2. #ffb59f
  3. #9fffb5

Tetradic

  1. #b59fff
  2. #ff9fe9
  3. #e9ff9f
  4. #9fffb5

Square

  1. #b59fff
  2. #ff9fb9
  3. #e9ff9f
  4. #9fffe5

Monochromatic

  1. #3f06ff
  2. #7a53ff
  3. #b59fff
  4. #efebff
  5. #efebff

Shades

#b59fff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b59fff
  2. #a38fe6
  3. #917fcc
  4. #7f6fb3
  5. #6d5f99
  6. #5b5080
  7. #484066
  8. #36304d
  9. #242033
  10. #12101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b59fff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b59fff
  2. #bca9ff
  3. #c4b2ff
  4. #cbbcff
  5. #d3c5ff
  6. #dacfff
  7. #e1d9ff
  8. #e9e2ff
  9. #f0ecff
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b59fff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b59fff
  2. #b09cf2
  3. #aa99e6
  4. #a596d9
  5. #a093cc
  6. #9b90c0
  7. #958cb3
  8. #9089a6
  9. #8b8699
  10. #85838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a8d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84aeff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86acfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5b0c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aa8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ba7fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aba9de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b59fff {
  color: #b59fff;
}
Background
.bg-b59fff {
  background-color: #b59fff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b59fff {
  border: 2px solid #b59fff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b59fff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 159 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 100% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b59fff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b59fff, #e59fff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b59fff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 159 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.56 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.05 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 10.32 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.64 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.02 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 12.45 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 13.28 #4a6000 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Mauve
#b59fff  rgb(181, 159, 255)  hsl(254, 100%, 81%)  Mauve
#e9ff9f  rgb(233, 255, 159)  hsl(74, 100%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffb59f  rgb(255, 181, 159)  hsl(14, 100%, 81%)  Vivid Tangerine
#9fffb5  rgb(159, 255, 181)  hsl(134, 100%, 81%)  Pale Green