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#B172E4

#b172e4 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b172e4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 44.71% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.37% cyan, 50% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 273.16°, with 67.86% saturation and 67.06% 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 6.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.83.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2698

Complementary

  1. #b172e4
  2. #a5e472

Split complementary

  1. #b172e4
  2. #dee472
  3. #72e478

Analogous

  1. #7872e4
  2. #b172e4
  3. #e472de

Triadic

  1. #b172e4
  2. #e4b172
  3. #72e4b1

Tetradic

  1. #b172e4
  2. #e472a5
  3. #a5e472
  4. #72e4b1

Square

  1. #b172e4
  2. #e47872
  3. #a5e472
  4. #72dee4

Monochromatic

  1. #651e9f
  2. #8d32d8
  3. #b172e4
  4. #d5b2f0
  5. #f6eefc

Shades

#b172e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b172e4
  2. #9f67cd
  3. #8e5bb6
  4. #7c50a0
  5. #6a4489
  6. #593972
  7. #472e5b
  8. #352244
  9. #23172e
  10. #120b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#b172e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b172e4
  2. #b980e7
  3. #c18ee9
  4. #c89cec
  5. #d0aaef
  6. #d8b9f2
  7. #e0c7f4
  8. #e8d5f7
  9. #efe3fa
  10. #f7f1fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b172e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b172e4
  2. #ac73da
  3. #a775d0
  4. #a276c6
  5. #9d78bc
  6. #9979b2
  7. #947aa8
  8. #8f7c9e
  9. #8a7d94
  10. #857f8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d84b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #528be8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658fe1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa86a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8382e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a84e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad7ebf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b172e4 {
  color: #b172e4;
}
Background
.bg-b172e4 {
  background-color: #b172e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b172e4 {
  border: 2px solid #b172e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b172e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 114 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 68% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b172e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b172e4, #e472de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b172e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 114 228 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.83 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.92 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.26 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.27 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.04 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.15 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.41 #4e8d1b Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b172e4  rgb(177, 114, 228)  hsl(273, 68%, 67%)  Floral Lavender
#a5e472  rgb(165, 228, 114)  hsl(93, 68%, 67%)  Inchworm
#e4b172  rgb(228, 177, 114)  hsl(33, 68%, 67%)  Fawn
#72e4b1  rgb(114, 228, 177)  hsl(153, 68%, 67%)  Seafoam Green