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#B178FF

#b178ff ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b178ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 47.06% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.59% cyan, 52.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 265.33°, with 100% saturation and 73.53% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 6.4.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.3

Complementary

  1. #b178ff
  2. #c6ff78

Split complementary

  1. #b178ff
  2. #fff478
  3. #83ff78

Analogous

  1. #7883ff
  2. #b178ff
  3. #f478ff

Triadic

  1. #b178ff
  2. #ffb178
  3. #78ffb1

Tetradic

  1. #b178ff
  2. #ff78c6
  3. #c6ff78
  4. #78ffb1

Square

  1. #b178ff
  2. #ff7883
  3. #c6ff78
  4. #78fff4

Monochromatic

  1. #5e00de
  2. #852cff
  3. #b178ff
  4. #ddc5ff
  5. #f3ebff

Shades

#b178ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b178ff
  2. #9f6ce6
  3. #8e60cc
  4. #7c54b3
  5. #6a4899
  6. #593c80
  7. #473066
  8. #35244d
  9. #231833
  10. #120c1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b178ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b178ff
  2. #b986ff
  3. #c193ff
  4. #c8a1ff
  5. #d0aeff
  6. #d8bcff
  7. #e0c9ff
  8. #e8d7ff
  9. #efe4ff
  10. #f7f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b178ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b178ff
  2. #ac79f2
  3. #a77ae6
  4. #a27ad9
  5. #9d7bcc
  6. #997cc0
  7. #947db3
  8. #8f7ea6
  9. #8a7e99
  10. #857f8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a18ac8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4594ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5794fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a192b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f8aff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #858afd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a888d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b178ff {
  color: #b178ff;
}
Background
.bg-b178ff {
  background-color: #b178ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b178ff {
  border: 2px solid #b178ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b178ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 120 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 100% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b178ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b178ff, #f478ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b178ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 120 255 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.40 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.15 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.21 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.43 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.56 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.77 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 11.83 #4e8700 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b178ff  rgb(177, 120, 255)  hsl(265, 100%, 74%)  Floral Lavender
#c6ff78  rgb(198, 255, 120)  hsl(85, 100%, 74%)  Inchworm
#ffb178  rgb(255, 177, 120)  hsl(25, 100%, 74%)  Sandy Brown
#78ffb1  rgb(120, 255, 177)  hsl(145, 100%, 74%)  Medium Spring Green