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#B18BDB

#b18bdb ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b18bdb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 54.51% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.18% cyan, 36.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 268.5°, with 52.63% saturation and 70.2% 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 7.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.94.

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Relative luminance0.3293

Complementary

  1. #b18bdb
  2. #b5db8b

Split complementary

  1. #b18bdb
  2. #dbd98b
  3. #8ddb8b

Analogous

  1. #8b8ddb
  2. #b18bdb
  3. #d98bdb

Triadic

  1. #b18bdb
  2. #dbb18b
  3. #8bdbb1

Tetradic

  1. #b18bdb
  2. #db8bb5
  3. #b5db8b
  4. #8bdbb1

Square

  1. #b18bdb
  2. #db8b8d
  3. #b5db8b
  4. #8bdbd9

Monochromatic

  1. #64319c
  2. #8a51c9
  3. #b18bdb
  4. #d8c5ed
  5. #f5effa

Shades

#b18bdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b18bdb
  2. #9f7dc5
  3. #8e6faf
  4. #7c6199
  5. #6a5383
  6. #59466e
  7. #473858
  8. #352a42
  9. #231c2c
  10. #120e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#b18bdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b18bdb
  2. #b997df
  3. #c1a2e2
  4. #c8aee6
  5. #d0b9e9
  6. #d8c5ed
  7. #e0d1f1
  8. #e8dcf4
  9. #efe8f8
  10. #f7f3fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b18bdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b18bdb
  2. #ac8ad2
  3. #a789c9
  4. #a288c0
  5. #9d87b7
  6. #9986ae
  7. #9484a4
  8. #8f839b
  9. #8a8292
  10. #858189
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a495b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a9ade ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #829cd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ab97a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9394dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9795da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad92bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b18bdb {
  color: #b18bdb;
}
Background
.bg-b18bdb {
  background-color: #b18bdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b18bdb {
  border: 2px solid #b18bdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b18bdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 139 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 53% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b18bdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b18bdb, #d98bdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b18bdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 139 219 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.94 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.65 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.35 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.76 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.57 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.71 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.73 #4e7424 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b18bdb  rgb(177, 139, 219)  hsl(269, 53%, 70%)  Floral Lavender
#b5db8b  rgb(181, 219, 139)  hsl(89, 53%, 70%)  Granny Smith Apple
#dbb18b  rgb(219, 177, 139)  hsl(29, 53%, 70%)  Tumbleweed
#8bdbb1  rgb(139, 219, 177)  hsl(149, 53%, 70%)  Seafoam Green