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#B78AE4

#b78ae4 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b78ae4 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 54.12% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.74% cyan, 39.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 270°, with 62.5% saturation and 71.76% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.31.

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Relative luminance0.3385

Complementary

  1. #b78ae4
  2. #b7e48a

Split complementary

  1. #b78ae4
  2. #e4e48a
  3. #8ae48a

Analogous

  1. #8a8ae4
  2. #b78ae4
  3. #e48ae4

Triadic

  1. #b78ae4
  2. #e4b78a
  3. #8ae4b7

Tetradic

  1. #b78ae4
  2. #e48ab7
  3. #b7e48a
  4. #8ae4b7

Square

  1. #b78ae4
  2. #e48a8a
  3. #b7e48a
  4. #8ae4e4

Monochromatic

  1. #6a28ad
  2. #914cd6
  3. #b78ae4
  4. #ddc8f2
  5. #f5eefb

Shades

#b78ae4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b78ae4
  2. #a57ccd
  3. #926eb6
  4. #8061a0
  5. #6e5389
  6. #5c4572
  7. #49375b
  8. #372944
  9. #251c2e
  10. #120e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#b78ae4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b78ae4
  2. #be96e7
  3. #c5a1e9
  4. #cdadec
  5. #d4b9ef
  6. #dbc5f2
  7. #e2d0f4
  8. #e9dcf7
  9. #f1e8fa
  10. #f8f3fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b78ae4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b78ae4
  2. #b289da
  3. #ac88d0
  4. #a787c6
  5. #a186bc
  6. #9c85b2
  7. #9684a8
  8. #91839e
  9. #8b8294
  10. #86818a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a896be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #769ce7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #809ee2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b098ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9495e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9996e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b393c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b78ae4 {
  color: #b78ae4;
}
Background
.bg-b78ae4 {
  background-color: #b78ae4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b78ae4 {
  border: 2px solid #b78ae4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b78ae4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 138 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 63% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b78ae4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b78ae4, #e48ae4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b78ae4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 138 228 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.31 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.15 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.93 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.67 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.76 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.91 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.23 #48751b Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b78ae4  rgb(183, 138, 228)  hsl(270, 63%, 72%)  Floral Lavender
#b7e48a  rgb(183, 228, 138)  hsl(90, 63%, 72%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e4b78a  rgb(228, 183, 138)  hsl(30, 63%, 72%)  Burly Wood
#8ae4b7  rgb(138, 228, 183)  hsl(150, 63%, 72%)  Seafoam Green