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#B28CD9

#b28cd9 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b28cd9 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 54.9% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.97% cyan, 35.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 269.61°, with 50.33% saturation and 70% 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 7.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.28.

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Relative luminance0.3323

Complementary

  1. #b28cd9
  2. #b3d98c

Split complementary

  1. #b28cd9
  2. #d9d98c
  3. #8cd98c

Analogous

  1. #8c8cd9
  2. #b28cd9
  3. #d98cd9

Triadic

  1. #b28cd9
  2. #d9b28c
  3. #8cd9b2

Tetradic

  1. #b28cd9
  2. #d98cb3
  3. #b3d98c
  4. #8cd9b2

Square

  1. #b28cd9
  2. #d98c8c
  3. #b3d98c
  4. #8cd9d9

Monochromatic

  1. #653399
  2. #8b52c6
  3. #b28cd9
  4. #d8c5ec
  5. #f5f0fa

Shades

#b28cd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b28cd9
  2. #a07ec3
  3. #8e70ae
  4. #7d6298
  5. #6b5482
  6. #59466d
  7. #473857
  8. #352a41
  9. #241c2b
  10. #120e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#b28cd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b28cd9
  2. #ba98dd
  3. #c1a3e1
  4. #c9afe4
  5. #d1bae8
  6. #d9c6ec
  7. #e0d1f0
  8. #e8ddf4
  9. #f0e8f7
  10. #f7f4fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b28cd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b28cd9
  2. #ad8bd0
  3. #a88ac7
  4. #a388be
  5. #9e87b5
  6. #9986ad
  7. #9485a4
  8. #8f849b
  9. #8a8292
  10. #858189
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a596b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c9bdc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #849cd7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ac97a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9595db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9996d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #af93be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b28cd9 {
  color: #b28cd9;
}
Background
.bg-b28cd9 {
  background-color: #b28cd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b28cd9 {
  border: 2px solid #b28cd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b28cd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 140 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 50% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b28cd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b28cd9, #d98cd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b28cd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 140 217 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.28 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.10 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.35 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.20 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.29 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.66 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.78 #4d7326 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b28cd9  rgb(178, 140, 217)  hsl(270, 50%, 70%)  Floral Lavender
#b3d98c  rgb(179, 217, 140)  hsl(90, 50%, 70%)  Granny Smith Apple
#d9b28c  rgb(217, 178, 140)  hsl(30, 50%, 70%)  Tan
#8cd9b2  rgb(140, 217, 178)  hsl(150, 50%, 70%)  Seafoam Green