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#AA8BE3

#aa8be3 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aa8be3 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 54.51% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.11% cyan, 38.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 261.14°, with 61.11% saturation and 71.76% 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 7.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.96.

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Relative luminance0.3256

Complementary

  1. #aa8be3
  2. #c4e38b

Split complementary

  1. #aa8be3
  2. #e3d68b
  3. #98e38b

Analogous

  1. #8b98e3
  2. #aa8be3
  3. #d68be3

Triadic

  1. #aa8be3
  2. #e3aa8b
  3. #8be3aa

Tetradic

  1. #aa8be3
  2. #e38bc4
  3. #c4e38b
  4. #8be3aa

Square

  1. #aa8be3
  2. #e38b98
  3. #c4e38b
  4. #8be3d6

Monochromatic

  1. #5729ac
  2. #7d4dd4
  3. #aa8be3
  4. #d7c9f2
  5. #f3effb

Shades

#aa8be3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aa8be3
  2. #997dcc
  3. #886fb6
  4. #77619f
  5. #665388
  6. #554672
  7. #44385b
  8. #332a44
  9. #221c2d
  10. #110e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#aa8be3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aa8be3
  2. #b397e6
  3. #bba2e9
  4. #c4aeeb
  5. #ccb9ee
  6. #d5c5f1
  7. #ddd1f4
  8. #e6dcf7
  9. #eee8f9
  10. #f7f3fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aa8be3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aa8be3
  2. #a68ad9
  3. #a289cf
  4. #9d88c5
  5. #9987bb
  6. #9586b2
  7. #9184a8
  8. #8d839e
  9. #888294
  10. #84818a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a195bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #749ae6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9ae1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9f9aac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8d95e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9094e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a494c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aa8be3 {
  color: #aa8be3;
}
Background
.bg-aa8be3 {
  background-color: #aa8be3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aa8be3 {
  border: 2px solid #aa8be3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aa8be3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 139 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 61% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aa8be3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa8be3, #d68be3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aa8be3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 139 227 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.96 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.53 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.08 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.61 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.95 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.31 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 12.23 #55741c Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#aa8be3  rgb(170, 139, 227)  hsl(261, 61%, 72%)  Floral Lavender
#c4e38b  rgb(196, 227, 139)  hsl(81, 61%, 72%)  June Bud
#e3aa8b  rgb(227, 170, 139)  hsl(21, 61%, 72%)  Tumbleweed
#8be3aa  rgb(139, 227, 170)  hsl(141, 61%, 72%)  Celadon