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#B38CD4

#b38cd4 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b38cd4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 54.9% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.57% cyan, 33.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 272.5°, with 45.57% saturation and 69.02% 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 7.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.71.

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Relative luminance0.3309

Complementary

  1. #b38cd4
  2. #add48c

Split complementary

  1. #b38cd4
  2. #d1d48c
  3. #8cd48f

Analogous

  1. #8f8cd4
  2. #b38cd4
  3. #d48cd1

Triadic

  1. #b38cd4
  2. #d4b38c
  3. #8cd4b3

Tetradic

  1. #b38cd4
  2. #d48cad
  3. #add48c
  4. #8cd4b3

Square

  1. #b38cd4
  2. #d48f8c
  3. #add48c
  4. #8cd1d4

Monochromatic

  1. #673691
  2. #8e54bf
  3. #b38cd4
  4. #d8c4e9
  5. #f5f0f9

Shades

#b38cd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b38cd4
  2. #a17ebf
  3. #8f70aa
  4. #7d6294
  5. #6b547f
  6. #5a466a
  7. #483855
  8. #362a40
  9. #241c2a
  10. #120e15
  11. #000000

Tints

#b38cd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b38cd4
  2. #bb98d8
  3. #c2a3dd
  4. #caafe1
  5. #d1bae5
  6. #d9c6ea
  7. #e1d1ee
  8. #e8ddf2
  9. #f0e8f6
  10. #f7f4fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b38cd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b38cd4
  2. #ae8bcc
  3. #a98ac3
  4. #a488bb
  5. #9f87b2
  6. #9a86aa
  7. #9485a2
  8. #8f8499
  9. #8a8291
  10. #858188
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a696b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e9ad7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #879cd2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #af96a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9695d6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a96d3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b192ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b38cd4 {
  color: #b38cd4;
}
Background
.bg-b38cd4 {
  background-color: #b38cd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b38cd4 {
  border: 2px solid #b38cd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b38cd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 140 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 46% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b38cd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b38cd4, #d48cd1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b38cd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 140 212 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.71 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.51 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.06 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.54 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.28 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.34 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.96 #4c732b Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b38cd4  rgb(179, 140, 212)  hsl(273, 46%, 69%)  Floral Lavender
#add48c  rgb(173, 212, 140)  hsl(93, 46%, 69%)  Pistachio
#d4b38c  rgb(212, 179, 140)  hsl(33, 46%, 69%)  Tan
#8cd4b3  rgb(140, 212, 179)  hsl(153, 46%, 69%)  Seafoam Green