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#A38EFE

#a38efe ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a38efe is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 55.69% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.83% cyan, 44.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 251.25°, with 98.25% saturation and 77.65% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 9.12.

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Relative luminance0.3429

Complementary

  1. #a38efe
  2. #e9fe8e

Split complementary

  1. #a38efe
  2. #fedb8e
  3. #b1fe8e

Analogous

  1. #8eb1fe
  2. #a38efe
  3. #db8efe

Triadic

  1. #a38efe
  2. #fea38e
  3. #8efea3

Tetradic

  1. #a38efe
  2. #fe8ee9
  3. #e9fe8e
  4. #8efea3

Square

  1. #a38efe
  2. #fe8eb1
  3. #e9fe8e
  4. #8efedb

Monochromatic

  1. #2f02f1
  2. #6542fd
  3. #a38efe
  4. #e1daff
  5. #efebff

Shades

#a38efe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a38efe
  2. #9380e5
  3. #8272cb
  4. #7263b2
  5. #625598
  6. #52477f
  7. #413966
  8. #312b4c
  9. #211c33
  10. #100e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#a38efe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a38efe
  2. #ac99fe
  3. #b5a5fe
  4. #bfb0fe
  5. #c8bbfe
  6. #d1c7ff
  7. #dad2ff
  8. #e3ddff
  9. #ede8ff
  10. #f6f4ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a38efe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a38efe
  2. #a08df1
  3. #9c8be5
  4. #998ad8
  5. #9588cc
  6. #9287bf
  7. #8e86b2
  8. #8b84a6
  9. #878399
  10. #84818d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a098cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #68a0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #699cfb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8ca4ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8499ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8496fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #969bd9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a38efe {
  color: #a38efe;
}
Background
.bg-a38efe {
  background-color: #a38efe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a38efe {
  border: 2px solid #a38efe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a38efe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 142 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 98% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a38efe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a38efe, #db8efe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a38efe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 142 254 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.12 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.58 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 12.18 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.83 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 13.09 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 13.26 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 13.30 #5c7101 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#a38efe  rgb(163, 142, 254)  hsl(251, 98%, 78%)  Floral Lavender
#e9fe8e  rgb(233, 254, 142)  hsl(71, 98%, 78%)  Pastel Yellow
#fea38e  rgb(254, 163, 142)  hsl(11, 98%, 78%)  Vivid Tangerine
#8efea3  rgb(142, 254, 163)  hsl(131, 98%, 78%)  Pale Green