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#B398EE

#b398ee ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b398ee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 59.61% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.79% cyan, 36.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 258.84°, with 71.67% saturation and 76.47% 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 7.72.

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Relative luminance0.3821

Complementary

  1. #b398ee
  2. #d3ee98

Split complementary

  1. #b398ee
  2. #eede98
  3. #a8ee98

Analogous

  1. #98a8ee
  2. #b398ee
  3. #de98ee

Triadic

  1. #b398ee
  2. #eeb398
  3. #98eeb3

Tetradic

  1. #b398ee
  2. #ee98d3
  3. #d3ee98
  4. #98eeb3

Square

  1. #b398ee
  2. #ee98a8
  3. #d3ee98
  4. #98eede

Monochromatic

  1. #5722cb
  2. #8356e3
  3. #b398ee
  4. #e3daf9
  5. #f2edfc

Shades

#b398ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b398ee
  2. #a189d6
  3. #8f7abe
  4. #7d6aa7
  5. #6b5b8f
  6. #5a4c77
  7. #483d5f
  8. #362e47
  9. #241e30
  10. #120f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#b398ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b398ee
  2. #bba2f0
  3. #c2adf1
  4. #cab7f3
  5. #d1c1f5
  6. #d9ccf7
  7. #e1d6f8
  8. #e8e0fa
  9. #f0eafc
  10. #f7f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b398ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b398ee
  2. #ae96e3
  3. #a993d8
  4. #a491cd
  5. #9f8ec2
  6. #9a8cb7
  7. #948aac
  8. #8f87a1
  9. #8a8596
  10. #85828b
  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 #aba1c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a6f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87a5ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8a6b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a1f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa0ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca1d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b398ee {
  color: #b398ee;
}
Background
.bg-b398ee {
  background-color: #b398ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b398ee {
  border: 2px solid #b398ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b398ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 152 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 72% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b398ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b398ee, #de98ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b398ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 152 238 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.72 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.05 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.39 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.98 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.57 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.00 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 12.14 #4c6711 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b398ee  rgb(179, 152, 238)  hsl(259, 72%, 76%)  Floral Lavender
#d3ee98  rgb(211, 238, 152)  hsl(79, 72%, 76%)  Inchworm
#eeb398  rgb(238, 179, 152)  hsl(19, 72%, 76%)  Tumbleweed
#98eeb3  rgb(152, 238, 179)  hsl(139, 72%, 76%)  Celadon