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#B599FF

#b599ff ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b599ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 60% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.02% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 256.47°, with 100% saturation and 80% 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 8.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 8.98.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.3983

Complementary

  1. #b599ff
  2. #e3ff99

Split complementary

  1. #b599ff
  2. #ffe899
  3. #b0ff99

Analogous

  1. #99b0ff
  2. #b599ff
  3. #e899ff

Triadic

  1. #b599ff
  2. #ffb599
  3. #99ffb5

Tetradic

  1. #b599ff
  2. #ff99e3
  3. #e3ff99
  4. #99ffb5

Square

  1. #b599ff
  2. #ff99b0
  3. #e3ff99
  4. #99ffe8

Monochromatic

  1. #4600ff
  2. #7d4dff
  3. #b599ff
  4. #ece5ff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#b599ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b599ff
  2. #a38ae6
  3. #917acc
  4. #7f6bb3
  5. #6d5c99
  6. #5b4d80
  7. #483d66
  8. #362e4d
  9. #241f33
  10. #120f1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b599ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b599ff
  2. #bca3ff
  3. #c4adff
  4. #cbb8ff
  5. #d3c2ff
  6. #daccff
  7. #e1d6ff
  8. #e9e0ff
  9. #f0ebff
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b599ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b599ff
  2. #b097f2
  3. #aa94e6
  4. #a592d9
  5. #a08fcc
  6. #9b8dc0
  7. #958ab3
  8. #9088a6
  9. #8b8599
  10. #85838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aea3d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7caaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #80a8fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5abc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96a4ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98a2fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca4dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b599ff {
  color: #b599ff;
}
Background
.bg-b599ff {
  background-color: #b599ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b599ff {
  border: 2px solid #b599ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b599ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 153 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b599ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b599ff, #e899ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b599ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 153 255 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.98 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.03 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.23 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.74 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 12.08 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.42 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 13.17 #4a6600 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b599ff  rgb(181, 153, 255)  hsl(256, 100%, 80%)  Floral Lavender
#e3ff99  rgb(227, 255, 153)  hsl(76, 100%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffb599  rgb(255, 181, 153)  hsl(16, 100%, 80%)  Light Salmon
#99ffb5  rgb(153, 255, 181)  hsl(136, 100%, 80%)  Pale Green