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#B59BFE

#b59bfe ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b59bfe is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 60.78% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.74% cyan, 38.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 255.76°, with 98.02% saturation and 80.2% 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 9.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 9.32.

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Relative luminance0.4042

Complementary

  1. #b59bfe
  2. #e4fe9b

Split complementary

  1. #b59bfe
  2. #fee79b
  3. #b3fe9b

Analogous

  1. #9bb3fe
  2. #b59bfe
  3. #e79bfe

Triadic

  1. #b59bfe
  2. #feb59b
  3. #9bfeb5

Tetradic

  1. #b59bfe
  2. #fe9be4
  3. #e4fe9b
  4. #9bfeb5

Square

  1. #b59bfe
  2. #fe9bb3
  3. #e4fe9b
  4. #9bfee7

Monochromatic

  1. #4504fc
  2. #7d4ffd
  3. #b59bfe
  4. #ede7ff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#b59bfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b59bfe
  2. #a38ce5
  3. #917ccb
  4. #7f6db2
  5. #6d5d98
  6. #5b4e7f
  7. #483e66
  8. #362f4c
  9. #241f33
  10. #121019
  11. #000000

Tints

#b59bfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b59bfe
  2. #bca5fe
  3. #c4affe
  4. #cbb9fe
  5. #d3c3fe
  6. #dacdff
  7. #e1d7ff
  8. #e9e1ff
  9. #f0ebff
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b59bfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b59bfe
  2. #b098f1
  3. #aa96e5
  4. #a593d8
  5. #a090cc
  6. #9b8ebf
  7. #958bb2
  8. #9088a6
  9. #8b8599
  10. #85838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa4d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fabff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83a9fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5acc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99a4fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca6dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b59bfe {
  color: #b59bfe;
}
Background
.bg-b59bfe {
  background-color: #b59bfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b59bfe {
  border: 2px solid #b59bfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b59bfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 155 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 98% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b59bfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b59bfe, #e79bfe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b59bfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 155 254 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.32 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.76 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.99 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.30 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 12.54 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.80 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.82 #4a6401 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b59bfe  rgb(181, 155, 254)  hsl(256, 98%, 80%)  Floral Lavender
#e4fe9b  rgb(228, 254, 155)  hsl(76, 98%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#feb59b  rgb(254, 181, 155)  hsl(16, 98%, 80%)  Vivid Tangerine
#9bfeb5  rgb(155, 254, 181)  hsl(136, 98%, 80%)  Pale Green