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#B68CE1

#b68ce1 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b68ce1 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.37% red, 54.9% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.11% cyan, 37.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 269.65°, with 58.62% saturation and 71.57% 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 7.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.82.

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Relative luminance0.3414

Complementary

  1. #b68ce1
  2. #b7e18c

Split complementary

  1. #b68ce1
  2. #e1e18c
  3. #8de18c

Analogous

  1. #8c8de1
  2. #b68ce1
  3. #e18ce1

Triadic

  1. #b68ce1
  2. #e1b68c
  3. #8ce1b6

Tetradic

  1. #b68ce1
  2. #e18cb7
  3. #b7e18c
  4. #8ce1b6

Square

  1. #b68ce1
  2. #e18c8d
  3. #b7e18c
  4. #8ce1e1

Monochromatic

  1. #692ca8
  2. #8f4fd1
  3. #b68ce1
  4. #ddc9f1
  5. #f5effb

Shades

#b68ce1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b68ce1
  2. #a47ecb
  3. #9270b4
  4. #7f629e
  5. #6d5487
  6. #5b4671
  7. #49385a
  8. #372a44
  9. #241c2d
  10. #120e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#b68ce1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b68ce1
  2. #bd98e4
  3. #c5a3e7
  4. #ccafea
  5. #d3baed
  6. #dbc6f0
  7. #e2d1f3
  8. #e9ddf6
  9. #f0e8f9
  10. #f8f4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b68ce1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b68ce1
  2. #b18bd7
  3. #ab8ace
  4. #a688c4
  5. #a087ba
  6. #9b86b1
  7. #9685a7
  8. #90849d
  9. #8b8293
  10. #85818a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a897bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a9ce4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #839edf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b099ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9696e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a97e0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b294c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b68ce1 {
  color: #b68ce1;
}
Background
.bg-b68ce1 {
  background-color: #b68ce1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b68ce1 {
  border: 2px solid #b68ce1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b68ce1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 182 140 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 59% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b68ce1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b68ce1, #e18ce1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b68ce1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(182 140 225 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.82 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.48 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.43 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.63 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.18 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.27 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.30 #49731e Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b68ce1  rgb(182, 140, 225)  hsl(270, 59%, 72%)  Floral Lavender
#b7e18c  rgb(183, 225, 140)  hsl(90, 59%, 72%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e1b68c  rgb(225, 182, 140)  hsl(30, 59%, 72%)  Burly Wood
#8ce1b6  rgb(140, 225, 182)  hsl(150, 59%, 72%)  Seafoam Green