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#B28BEE

#b28bee ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b28bee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 54.51% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.21% cyan, 41.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 263.64°, with 74.44% saturation and 73.92% 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 7.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.76.

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Relative luminance0.341

Complementary

  1. #b28bee
  2. #c7ee8b

Split complementary

  1. #b28bee
  2. #eee48b
  3. #95ee8b

Analogous

  1. #8b95ee
  2. #b28bee
  3. #e48bee

Triadic

  1. #b28bee
  2. #eeb28b
  3. #8beeb2

Tetradic

  1. #b28bee
  2. #ee8bc7
  3. #c7ee8b
  4. #8beeb2

Square

  1. #b28bee
  2. #ee8b95
  3. #c7ee8b
  4. #8beee4

Monochromatic

  1. #5e1dc3
  2. #8648e4
  3. #b28bee
  4. #decef8
  5. #f3edfc

Shades

#b28bee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b28bee
  2. #a07dd6
  3. #8e6fbe
  4. #7d61a7
  5. #6b538f
  6. #594677
  7. #47385f
  8. #352a47
  9. #241c30
  10. #120e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#b28bee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b28bee
  2. #ba97f0
  3. #c1a2f1
  4. #c9aef3
  5. #d1b9f5
  6. #d9c5f7
  7. #e0d1f8
  8. #e8dcfa
  9. #f0e8fc
  10. #f7f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b28bee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b28bee
  2. #ad8ae3
  3. #a889d8
  4. #a388cd
  5. #9e87c2
  6. #9986b7
  7. #9484ac
  8. #8f83a1
  9. #8a8296
  10. #85818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a697c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #719df2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #799deb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a79cb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f96f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9396ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab95cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b28bee {
  color: #b28bee;
}
Background
.bg-b28bee {
  background-color: #b28bee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b28bee {
  border: 2px solid #b28bee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b28bee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 139 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 74% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b28bee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b28bee, #e48bee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b28bee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 139 238 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.76 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.08 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.62 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.81 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.70 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.46 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.48 #4d7411 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b28bee  rgb(178, 139, 238)  hsl(264, 74%, 74%)  Floral Lavender
#c7ee8b  rgb(199, 238, 139)  hsl(84, 74%, 74%)  Inchworm
#eeb28b  rgb(238, 178, 139)  hsl(24, 74%, 74%)  Tumbleweed
#8beeb2  rgb(139, 238, 178)  hsl(144, 74%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple