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#B296FA

#b296fa ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b296fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 58.82% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.8% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 256.8°, with 90.91% saturation and 78.43% 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 8.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 8.19.

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Relative luminance0.3818

Complementary

  1. #b296fa
  2. #defa96

Split complementary

  1. #b296fa
  2. #fae496
  3. #acfa96

Analogous

  1. #96acfa
  2. #b296fa
  3. #e496fa

Triadic

  1. #b296fa
  2. #fab296
  3. #96fab2

Tetradic

  1. #b296fa
  2. #fa96de
  3. #defa96
  4. #96fab2

Square

  1. #b296fa
  2. #fa96ac
  3. #defa96
  4. #96fae4

Monochromatic

  1. #4a0bec
  2. #7c4df7
  3. #b296fa
  4. #e8dffd
  5. #f1ecfe

Shades

#b296fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b296fa
  2. #a087e1
  3. #8e78c8
  4. #7d69af
  5. #6b5a96
  6. #594b7d
  7. #473c64
  8. #352d4b
  9. #241e32
  10. #120f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#b296fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b296fa
  2. #baa1fb
  3. #c1abfb
  4. #c9b6fc
  5. #d1c0fc
  6. #d9cbfd
  7. #e0d5fd
  8. #e8e0fe
  9. #f0eafe
  10. #f7f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b296fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b296fa
  2. #ad94ee
  3. #a892e2
  4. #a38fd5
  5. #9e8dc9
  6. #998bbd
  7. #9489b1
  8. #8f87a5
  9. #8a8498
  10. #85828c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba0cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa7fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ea5f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3a8bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93a0fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #969ff8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9a1d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b296fa {
  color: #b296fa;
}
Background
.bg-b296fa {
  background-color: #b296fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b296fa {
  border: 2px solid #b296fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b296fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 150 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 91% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b296fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b296fa, #e496fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b296fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 150 250 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.19 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.14 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.50 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.52 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.80 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.85 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 13.25 #4d6905 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b296fa  rgb(178, 150, 250)  hsl(257, 91%, 78%)  Floral Lavender
#defa96  rgb(222, 250, 150)  hsl(77, 91%, 78%)  Pastel Yellow
#fab296  rgb(250, 178, 150)  hsl(17, 91%, 78%)  Light Salmon
#96fab2  rgb(150, 250, 178)  hsl(137, 91%, 78%)  Pale Green