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#B78AED

#b78aed ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b78aed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.78% cyan, 41.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 267.27°, with 73.33% saturation and 73.53% 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 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.02.

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Relative luminance0.3436

Complementary

  1. #b78aed
  2. #c0ed8a

Split complementary

  1. #b78aed
  2. #ede88a
  3. #8fed8a

Analogous

  1. #8a8fed
  2. #b78aed
  3. #e88aed

Triadic

  1. #b78aed
  2. #edb78a
  3. #8aedb7

Tetradic

  1. #b78aed
  2. #ed8ac0
  3. #c0ed8a
  4. #8aedb7

Square

  1. #b78aed
  2. #ed8a8f
  3. #c0ed8a
  4. #8aede8

Monochromatic

  1. #681ec0
  2. #8e48e3
  3. #b78aed
  4. #e0ccf7
  5. #f4edfc

Shades

#b78aed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b78aed
  2. #a57cd5
  3. #926ebe
  4. #8061a6
  5. #6e538e
  6. #5c4577
  7. #49375f
  8. #372947
  9. #251c2f
  10. #120e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#b78aed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b78aed
  2. #be96ef
  3. #c5a1f1
  4. #cdadf2
  5. #d4b9f4
  6. #dbc5f6
  7. #e2d0f8
  8. #e9dcfa
  9. #f1e8fb
  10. #f8f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b78aed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b78aed
  2. #b289e2
  3. #ac88d7
  4. #a787cc
  5. #a186c1
  6. #9c85b7
  7. #9684ac
  8. #9183a1
  9. #8b8296
  10. #86818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a997c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #719df1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b9eea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ae9ab0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9296ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9797eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b294cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b78aed {
  color: #b78aed;
}
Background
.bg-b78aed {
  background-color: #b78aed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b78aed {
  border: 2px solid #b78aed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b78aed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 138 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 73% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b78aed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b78aed, #e88aed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b78aed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 138 237 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.02 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.61 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.27 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.48 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.63 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.63 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.72 #487512 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b78aed  rgb(183, 138, 237)  hsl(267, 73%, 74%)  Floral Lavender
#c0ed8a  rgb(192, 237, 138)  hsl(87, 73%, 74%)  Inchworm
#edb78a  rgb(237, 183, 138)  hsl(27, 73%, 74%)  Fawn
#8aedb7  rgb(138, 237, 183)  hsl(147, 73%, 74%)  Seafoam Green