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#A88EEC

#a88eec ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a88eec is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.88% red, 55.69% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.81% cyan, 39.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 256.6°, with 71.21% saturation and 74.12% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 6.61.

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Relative luminance0.3373

Complementary

  1. #a88eec
  2. #d2ec8e

Split complementary

  1. #a88eec
  2. #ecd78e
  3. #a3ec8e

Analogous

  1. #8ea3ec
  2. #a88eec
  3. #d78eec

Triadic

  1. #a88eec
  2. #eca88e
  3. #8eeca8

Tetradic

  1. #a88eec
  2. #ec8ed2
  3. #d2ec8e
  4. #8eeca8

Square

  1. #a88eec
  2. #ec8ea3
  3. #d2ec8e
  4. #8eecd7

Monochromatic

  1. #4d20c1
  2. #764de1
  3. #a88eec
  4. #dacff7
  5. #f2eefc

Shades

#a88eec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a88eec
  2. #9780d4
  3. #8672bd
  4. #7663a5
  5. #65558e
  6. #544776
  7. #43395e
  8. #322b47
  9. #221c2f
  10. #110e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#a88eec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a88eec
  2. #b199ee
  3. #b9a5f0
  4. #c2b0f2
  5. #cbbbf4
  6. #d4c7f6
  7. #dcd2f7
  8. #e5ddf9
  9. #eee8fb
  10. #f6f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a88eec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a88eec
  2. #a48de1
  3. #a08bd6
  4. #9c8acc
  5. #9888c1
  6. #9487b6
  7. #9086ab
  8. #8c84a0
  9. #888396
  10. #84818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a297c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #739ef0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #779cea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9a9fb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8b98ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8d96eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a098cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a88eec {
  color: #a88eec;
}
Background
.bg-a88eec {
  background-color: #a88eec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a88eec {
  border: 2px solid #a88eec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a88eec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 168 142 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 71% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a88eec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a88eec, #d78eec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a88eec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(168 142 236 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.61 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.01 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.60 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.67 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 12.02 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 12.05 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.18 #577113 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#a88eec  rgb(168, 142, 236)  hsl(257, 71%, 74%)  Floral Lavender
#d2ec8e  rgb(210, 236, 142)  hsl(77, 71%, 74%)  June Bud
#eca88e  rgb(236, 168, 142)  hsl(17, 71%, 74%)  Dark Salmon
#8eeca8  rgb(142, 236, 168)  hsl(137, 71%, 74%)  Light Green