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#B280FF

#b280ff ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b280ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 50.2% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.2% cyan, 49.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 263.62°, with 100% saturation and 75.1% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 6.12.

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Relative luminance0.3212

Complementary

  1. #b280ff
  2. #cdff80

Split complementary

  1. #b280ff
  2. #fff180
  3. #8eff80

Analogous

  1. #808eff
  2. #b280ff
  3. #f180ff

Triadic

  1. #b280ff
  2. #ffb280
  3. #80ffb2

Tetradic

  1. #b280ff
  2. #ff80cd
  3. #cdff80
  4. #80ffb2

Square

  1. #b280ff
  2. #ff808e
  3. #cdff80
  4. #80fff1

Monochromatic

  1. #5b00e6
  2. #8434ff
  3. #b280ff
  4. #e0cdff
  5. #f3ebff

Shades

#b280ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b280ff
  2. #a073e6
  3. #8e66cc
  4. #7d5ab3
  5. #6b4d99
  6. #594080
  7. #473366
  8. #35264d
  9. #241a33
  10. #120d1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b280ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b280ff
  2. #ba8dff
  3. #c199ff
  4. #c9a6ff
  5. #d1b3ff
  6. #d9c0ff
  7. #e0ccff
  8. #e8d9ff
  9. #f0e6ff
  10. #f7f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b280ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b280ff
  2. #ad80f2
  3. #a880e6
  4. #a380d9
  5. #9e80cc
  6. #9980c0
  7. #9480b3
  8. #8f80a6
  9. #8a8099
  10. #85808d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a490ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5599ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6299fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a298b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8490ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #898ffd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a98fd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b280ff {
  color: #b280ff;
}
Background
.bg-b280ff {
  background-color: #b280ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b280ff {
  border: 2px solid #b280ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b280ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 128 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 100% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b280ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b280ff, #f180ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b280ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 128 255 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.12 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.97 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.43 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.58 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 11.59 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 12.10 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 12.26 #4d7f00 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b280ff  rgb(178, 128, 255)  hsl(264, 100%, 75%)  Floral Lavender
#cdff80  rgb(205, 255, 128)  hsl(84, 100%, 75%)  Inchworm
#ffb280  rgb(255, 178, 128)  hsl(24, 100%, 75%)  Sandy Brown
#80ffb2  rgb(128, 255, 178)  hsl(144, 100%, 75%)  Medium Spring Green