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#B397FE

#b397fe ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b397fe is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 59.22% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.53% cyan, 40.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 256.31°, with 98.1% saturation and 79.41% 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 8.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 8.67.

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Relative luminance0.3887

Complementary

  1. #b397fe
  2. #e2fe97

Split complementary

  1. #b397fe
  2. #fee697
  3. #aefe97

Analogous

  1. #97aefe
  2. #b397fe
  3. #e697fe

Triadic

  1. #b397fe
  2. #feb397
  3. #97feb3

Tetradic

  1. #b397fe
  2. #fe97e2
  3. #e2fe97
  4. #97feb3

Square

  1. #b397fe
  2. #fe97ae
  3. #e2fe97
  4. #97fee6

Monochromatic

  1. #4602fa
  2. #7c4bfd
  3. #b397fe
  4. #eae3ff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#b397fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b397fe
  2. #a188e5
  3. #8f79cb
  4. #7d6ab2
  5. #6b5b98
  6. #5a4c7f
  7. #483c66
  8. #362d4c
  9. #241e33
  10. #120f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#b397fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b397fe
  2. #bba1fe
  3. #c2acfe
  4. #cab6fe
  5. #d1c1fe
  6. #d9cbff
  7. #e1d5ff
  8. #e8e0ff
  9. #f0eaff
  10. #f7f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b397fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b397fe
  2. #ae95f1
  3. #a992e5
  4. #a490d8
  5. #9f8ecc
  6. #9a8cbf
  7. #9489b2
  8. #8f87a6
  9. #8a8599
  10. #85828d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca1d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7da6fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3a9be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94a2ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96a0fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9a2db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b397fe {
  color: #b397fe;
}
Background
.bg-b397fe {
  background-color: #b397fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b397fe {
  border: 2px solid #b397fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b397fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 151 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 98% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b397fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b397fe, #e697fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b397fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 151 254 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.67 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.49 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.50 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.88 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.90 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.95 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 13.46 #4c6801 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b397fe  rgb(179, 151, 254)  hsl(256, 98%, 79%)  Floral Lavender
#e2fe97  rgb(226, 254, 151)  hsl(76, 98%, 79%)  Pastel Yellow
#feb397  rgb(254, 179, 151)  hsl(16, 98%, 79%)  Light Salmon
#97feb3  rgb(151, 254, 179)  hsl(136, 98%, 79%)  Pale Green