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#9C8BDF

#9c8bdf ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9c8bdf is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 54.51% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.04% cyan, 37.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 252.14°, with 56.76% saturation and 70.98% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 7.52.

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Relative luminance0.3086

Complementary

  1. #9c8bdf
  2. #cedf8b

Split complementary

  1. #9c8bdf
  2. #dfc68b
  3. #a4df8b

Analogous

  1. #8ba4df
  2. #9c8bdf
  3. #c68bdf

Triadic

  1. #9c8bdf
  2. #df9c8b
  3. #8bdf9c

Tetradic

  1. #9c8bdf
  2. #df8bce
  3. #cedf8b
  4. #8bdf9c

Square

  1. #9c8bdf
  2. #df8ba4
  3. #cedf8b
  4. #8bdfc6

Monochromatic

  1. #452da4
  2. #694fce
  3. #9c8bdf
  4. #cfc7f0
  5. #f1effb

Shades

#9c8bdf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9c8bdf
  2. #8c7dc9
  3. #7d6fb2
  4. #6d619c
  5. #5e5386
  6. #4e4670
  7. #3e3859
  8. #2f2a43
  9. #1f1c2d
  10. #100e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#9c8bdf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9c8bdf
  2. #a697e2
  3. #b0a2e5
  4. #baaee9
  5. #c4b9ec
  6. #cec5ef
  7. #d7d1f2
  8. #e1dcf5
  9. #ebe8f9
  10. #f5f3fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9c8bdf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9c8bdf
  2. #998ad6
  3. #9689cc
  4. #9488c3
  5. #9187b9
  6. #8e86b0
  7. #8b84a6
  8. #88839d
  9. #868293
  10. #83818a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9992b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7398e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7495dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8d9aaa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8593e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8691de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9394c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9c8bdf {
  color: #9c8bdf;
}
Background
.bg-9c8bdf {
  background-color: #9c8bdf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9c8bdf {
  border: 2px solid #9c8bdf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9c8bdf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 139 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 252 57% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9c8bdf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9c8bdf, #c68bdf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9c8bdf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 139 223 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.52 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.07 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.04 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.25 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.69 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.80 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.82 #637420 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#9c8bdf  rgb(156, 139, 223)  hsl(252, 57%, 71%)  Floral Lavender
#cedf8b  rgb(206, 223, 139)  hsl(72, 57%, 71%)  June Bud
#df9c8b  rgb(223, 156, 139)  hsl(12, 57%, 71%)  Dark Salmon
#8bdf9c  rgb(139, 223, 156)  hsl(132, 57%, 71%)  Granny Smith Apple