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#B48BEE

#b48bee ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b48bee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 54.51% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.37% cyan, 41.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 264.85°, with 74.44% saturation and 73.92% 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 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.55.

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Relative luminance0.3434

Complementary

  1. #b48bee
  2. #c5ee8b

Split complementary

  1. #b48bee
  2. #eee68b
  3. #93ee8b

Analogous

  1. #8b93ee
  2. #b48bee
  3. #e68bee

Triadic

  1. #b48bee
  2. #eeb48b
  3. #8beeb4

Tetradic

  1. #b48bee
  2. #ee8bc5
  3. #c5ee8b
  4. #8beeb4

Square

  1. #b48bee
  2. #ee8b93
  3. #c5ee8b
  4. #8beee6

Monochromatic

  1. #621dc3
  2. #8948e4
  3. #b48bee
  4. #dfcef8
  5. #f3edfc

Shades

#b48bee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b48bee
  2. #a27dd6
  3. #906fbe
  4. #7e61a7
  5. #6c538f
  6. #5a4677
  7. #48385f
  8. #362a47
  9. #241c30
  10. #120e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#b48bee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b48bee
  2. #bc97f0
  3. #c3a2f1
  4. #cbaef3
  5. #d2b9f5
  6. #dac5f7
  7. #e1d1f8
  8. #e9dcfa
  9. #f0e8fc
  10. #f8f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b48bee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b48bee
  2. #af8ae3
  3. #aa89d8
  4. #a488cd
  5. #9f87c2
  6. #9a86b7
  7. #9584ac
  8. #9083a1
  9. #8a8296
  10. #85818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a797c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #719ef2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9eeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa9cb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9197f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9597ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ae95cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b48bee {
  color: #b48bee;
}
Background
.bg-b48bee {
  background-color: #b48bee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b48bee {
  border: 2px solid #b48bee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b48bee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 139 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 74% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b48bee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b48bee, #e68bee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b48bee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 139 238 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.55 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.27 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.30 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.56 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.77 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.23 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.39 #4b7411 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b48bee  rgb(180, 139, 238)  hsl(265, 74%, 74%)  Floral Lavender
#c5ee8b  rgb(197, 238, 139)  hsl(85, 74%, 74%)  Inchworm
#eeb48b  rgb(238, 180, 139)  hsl(25, 74%, 74%)  Tumbleweed
#8beeb4  rgb(139, 238, 180)  hsl(145, 74%, 74%)  Seafoam Green