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#B188CE

#b188ce ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b188ce is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 53.33% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.08% cyan, 33.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 275.14°, with 41.67% 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 7.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.47.

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Relative luminance0.3141

Complementary

  1. #b188ce
  2. #a5ce88

Split complementary

  1. #b188ce
  2. #c8ce88
  3. #88ce8e

Analogous

  1. #8e88ce
  2. #b188ce
  3. #ce88c8

Triadic

  1. #b188ce
  2. #ceb188
  3. #88ceb1

Tetradic

  1. #b188ce
  2. #ce88a5
  3. #a5ce88
  4. #88ceb1

Square

  1. #b188ce
  2. #ce8e88
  3. #a5ce88
  4. #88c8ce

Monochromatic

  1. #653786
  2. #8d52b8
  3. #b188ce
  4. #d5bee4
  5. #f6f1f9

Shades

#b188ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b188ce
  2. #9f7ab9
  3. #8e6da5
  4. #7c5f90
  5. #6a527c
  6. #594467
  7. #473652
  8. #35293e
  9. #231b29
  10. #120e15
  11. #000000

Tints

#b188ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b188ce
  2. #b994d3
  3. #c1a0d8
  4. #c8acdd
  5. #d0b8e2
  6. #d8c4e7
  7. #e0cfeb
  8. #e8dbf0
  9. #efe7f5
  10. #f7f3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b188ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b188ce
  2. #ac87c6
  3. #a786be
  4. #a286b7
  5. #9d85af
  6. #9984a7
  7. #94839f
  8. #8f8297
  9. #8a8290
  10. #858188
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a392b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b96d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8599cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ae92a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9491d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9892cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #af8eb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b188ce {
  color: #b188ce;
}
Background
.bg-b188ce {
  background-color: #b188ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b188ce {
  border: 2px solid #b188ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b188ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 136 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 42% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b188ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b188ce, #ce88c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b188ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 136 206 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.47 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.00 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.30 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.83 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.00 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.50 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.59 #4e7731 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b188ce  rgb(177, 136, 206)  hsl(275, 42%, 67%)  Floral Lavender
#a5ce88  rgb(165, 206, 136)  hsl(95, 42%, 67%)  Pistachio
#ceb188  rgb(206, 177, 136)  hsl(35, 42%, 67%)  Tan
#88ceb1  rgb(136, 206, 177)  hsl(155, 42%, 67%)  Medium Aquamarine