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#A488EC

#a488ec ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a488ec is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 53.33% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.51% cyan, 42.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 256.8°, with 72.46% saturation and 72.94% 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 7.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 6.19.

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Relative luminance0.3156

Complementary

  1. #a488ec
  2. #d0ec88

Split complementary

  1. #a488ec
  2. #ecd688
  3. #9eec88

Analogous

  1. #889eec
  2. #a488ec
  3. #d688ec

Triadic

  1. #a488ec
  2. #eca488
  3. #88eca4

Tetradic

  1. #a488ec
  2. #ec88d0
  3. #d0ec88
  4. #88eca4

Square

  1. #a488ec
  2. #ec889e
  3. #d0ec88
  4. #88ecd6

Monochromatic

  1. #4b1ebd
  2. #7246e1
  3. #a488ec
  4. #d6caf7
  5. #f2edfc

Shades

#a488ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a488ec
  2. #947ad4
  3. #836dbd
  4. #735fa5
  5. #62528e
  6. #524476
  7. #42365e
  8. #312947
  9. #211b2f
  10. #100e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#a488ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a488ec
  2. #ad94ee
  3. #b6a0f0
  4. #bfacf2
  5. #c8b8f4
  6. #d2c4f6
  7. #dbcff7
  8. #e4dbf9
  9. #ede7fb
  10. #f6f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a488ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a488ec
  2. #a087e1
  3. #9d86d6
  4. #9986cc
  5. #9685c1
  6. #9284b6
  7. #8e83ab
  8. #8b82a0
  9. #878296
  10. #84818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d92c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a99f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e97ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #949aaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8593ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8791eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9b93ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a488ec {
  color: #a488ec;
}
Background
.bg-a488ec {
  background-color: #a488ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a488ec {
  border: 2px solid #a488ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a488ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 136 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 72% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a488ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a488ec, #d688ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a488ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 136 236 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.19 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.36 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.19 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.58 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 11.45 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.78 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.98 #5b7713 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#a488ec  rgb(164, 136, 236)  hsl(257, 72%, 73%)  Floral Lavender
#d0ec88  rgb(208, 236, 136)  hsl(77, 72%, 73%)  June Bud
#eca488  rgb(236, 164, 136)  hsl(17, 72%, 73%)  Dark Salmon
#88eca4  rgb(136, 236, 164)  hsl(137, 72%, 73%)  Light Green