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#B596FA

#b596fa ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b596fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 58.82% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.6% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 258.6°, 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 8.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 7.89.

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Relative luminance0.3854

Complementary

  1. #b596fa
  2. #dbfa96

Split complementary

  1. #b596fa
  2. #fae796
  3. #a9fa96

Analogous

  1. #96a9fa
  2. #b596fa
  3. #e796fa

Triadic

  1. #b596fa
  2. #fab596
  3. #96fab5

Tetradic

  1. #b596fa
  2. #fa96db
  3. #dbfa96
  4. #96fab5

Square

  1. #b596fa
  2. #fa96a9
  3. #dbfa96
  4. #96fae7

Monochromatic

  1. #510bec
  2. #824df7
  3. #b596fa
  4. #e8dffd
  5. #f1ecfe

Shades

#b596fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b596fa
  2. #a387e1
  3. #9178c8
  4. #7f69af
  5. #6d5a96
  6. #5b4b7d
  7. #483c64
  8. #362d4b
  9. #241e32
  10. #120f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#b596fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b596fa
  2. #bca1fb
  3. #c4abfb
  4. #cbb6fc
  5. #d3c0fc
  6. #dacbfd
  7. #e1d5fd
  8. #e9e0fe
  9. #f0eafe
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b596fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b596fa
  2. #b094ee
  3. #aa92e2
  4. #a58fd5
  5. #a08dc9
  6. #9b8bbd
  7. #9589b1
  8. #9087a5
  9. #8b8498
  10. #85828c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ada0cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa7fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #80a6f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7a7bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95a1fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98a0f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ada1d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b596fa {
  color: #b596fa;
}
Background
.bg-b596fa {
  background-color: #b596fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b596fa {
  border: 2px solid #b596fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b596fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 150 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 91% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b596fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b596fa, #e796fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b596fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 150 250 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.89 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.70 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.00 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.34 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.67 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.08 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.72 #4a6905 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b596fa  rgb(181, 150, 250)  hsl(259, 91%, 78%)  Floral Lavender
#dbfa96  rgb(219, 250, 150)  hsl(79, 91%, 78%)  Pastel Yellow
#fab596  rgb(250, 181, 150)  hsl(19, 91%, 78%)  Light Salmon
#96fab5  rgb(150, 250, 181)  hsl(139, 91%, 78%)  Pale Green