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#9E8ADA

#9e8ada ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9e8ada is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 54.12% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.52% cyan, 36.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 255°, with 51.95% saturation and 69.8% 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 6.74.

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Relative luminance0.3051

Complementary

  1. #9e8ada
  2. #c6da8a

Split complementary

  1. #9e8ada
  2. #dac68a
  3. #9eda8a

Analogous

  1. #8a9eda
  2. #9e8ada
  3. #c68ada

Triadic

  1. #9e8ada
  2. #da9e8a
  3. #8ada9e

Tetradic

  1. #9e8ada
  2. #da8ac6
  3. #c6da8a
  4. #8ada9e

Square

  1. #9e8ada
  2. #da8a9e
  3. #c6da8a
  4. #8adac6

Monochromatic

  1. #4b319a
  2. #6e50c8
  3. #9e8ada
  4. #cec4ec
  5. #f2f0fa

Shades

#9e8ada mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9e8ada
  2. #8e7cc4
  3. #7e6eae
  4. #6f6199
  5. #5f5383
  6. #4f456d
  7. #3f3757
  8. #2f2941
  9. #201c2c
  10. #100e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#9e8ada mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9e8ada
  2. #a896de
  3. #b1a1e1
  4. #bbade5
  5. #c5b9e9
  6. #cfc5ed
  7. #d8d0f0
  8. #e2dcf4
  9. #ece8f8
  10. #f5f3fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9e8ada mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9e8ada
  2. #9b89d1
  3. #9888c8
  4. #9587bf
  5. #9286b6
  6. #8f85ad
  7. #8c84a4
  8. #89839b
  9. #868292
  10. #838189
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9991b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7497dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7795d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9198a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8792dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8891d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9793be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9e8ada {
  color: #9e8ada;
}
Background
.bg-9e8ada {
  background-color: #9e8ada;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9e8ada {
  border: 2px solid #9e8ada;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9e8ada;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 138 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 52% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9e8ada {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9e8ada, #c68ada);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9e8ada {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 138 218 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.74 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.00 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.02 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.77 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.94 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.67 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.08 #617525 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#9e8ada  rgb(158, 138, 218)  hsl(255, 52%, 70%)  Floral Lavender
#c6da8a  rgb(198, 218, 138)  hsl(75, 52%, 70%)  June Bud
#da9e8a  rgb(218, 158, 138)  hsl(15, 52%, 70%)  Dark Salmon
#8ada9e  rgb(138, 218, 158)  hsl(135, 52%, 70%)  Granny Smith Apple