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#B279FF

#b279ff ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b279ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 47.45% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.2% cyan, 52.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 265.52°, with 100% saturation and 73.73% 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 7.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 6.26.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.3036

Complementary

  1. #b279ff
  2. #c6ff79

Split complementary

  1. #b279ff
  2. #fff579
  3. #83ff79

Analogous

  1. #7983ff
  2. #b279ff
  3. #f579ff

Triadic

  1. #b279ff
  2. #ffb279
  3. #79ffb2

Tetradic

  1. #b279ff
  2. #ff79c6
  3. #c6ff79
  4. #79ffb2

Square

  1. #b279ff
  2. #ff7983
  3. #c6ff79
  4. #79fff5

Monochromatic

  1. #5f00df
  2. #862dff
  3. #b279ff
  4. #dec6ff
  5. #f3ebff

Shades

#b279ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b279ff
  2. #a06de6
  3. #8e61cc
  4. #7d55b3
  5. #6b4999
  6. #593d80
  7. #473066
  8. #35244d
  9. #241833
  10. #120c1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b279ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b279ff
  2. #ba86ff
  3. #c194ff
  4. #c9a1ff
  5. #d1afff
  6. #d9bcff
  7. #e0c9ff
  8. #e8d7ff
  9. #f0e4ff
  10. #f7f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b279ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b279ff
  2. #ad7af2
  3. #a87ae6
  4. #a37bd9
  5. #9e7ccc
  6. #997dc0
  7. #947db3
  8. #8f7ea6
  9. #8a7f99
  10. #857f8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a28bc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4895ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5995fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a393b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #808bff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #868bfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a989d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b279ff {
  color: #b279ff;
}
Background
.bg-b279ff {
  background-color: #b279ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b279ff {
  border: 2px solid #b279ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b279ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 121 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 100% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b279ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b279ff, #f579ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b279ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 121 255 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.26 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.33 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.05 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.60 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.81 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.90 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 11.71 #4d8600 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b279ff  rgb(178, 121, 255)  hsl(266, 100%, 74%)  Floral Lavender
#c6ff79  rgb(198, 255, 121)  hsl(86, 100%, 74%)  Inchworm
#ffb279  rgb(255, 178, 121)  hsl(26, 100%, 74%)  Sandy Brown
#79ffb2  rgb(121, 255, 178)  hsl(146, 100%, 74%)  Medium Spring Green