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#B797FD

#b797fd ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b797fd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 59.22% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.67% cyan, 40.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 258.82°, with 96.23% saturation and 79.22% 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 8.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 8.19.

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Relative luminance0.3929

Complementary

  1. #b797fd
  2. #ddfd97

Split complementary

  1. #b797fd
  2. #fdea97
  3. #aafd97

Analogous

  1. #97aafd
  2. #b797fd
  3. #ea97fd

Triadic

  1. #b797fd
  2. #fdb797
  3. #97fdb7

Tetradic

  1. #b797fd
  2. #fd97dd
  3. #ddfd97
  4. #97fdb7

Square

  1. #b797fd
  2. #fd97aa
  3. #ddfd97
  4. #97fdea

Monochromatic

  1. #5105f6
  2. #834cfc
  3. #b797fd
  4. #ebe2fe
  5. #f1ebff

Shades

#b797fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b797fd
  2. #a588e4
  3. #9279ca
  4. #806ab1
  5. #6e5b98
  6. #5c4c7f
  7. #493c65
  8. #372d4c
  9. #251e33
  10. #120f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#b797fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b797fd
  2. #bea1fd
  3. #c5acfd
  4. #cdb6fe
  5. #d4c1fe
  6. #dbcbfe
  7. #e2d5fe
  8. #e9e0fe
  9. #f1eaff
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b797fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b797fd
  2. #b295f1
  3. #ac92e4
  4. #a790d8
  5. #a18ecb
  6. #9c8cbf
  7. #9689b2
  8. #9187a6
  9. #8b8599
  10. #86828d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aea2d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #80a7fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9a9be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97a2ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99a1fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afa2da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b797fd {
  color: #b797fd;
}
Background
.bg-b797fd {
  background-color: #b797fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b797fd {
  border: 2px solid #b797fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b797fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 151 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 96% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b797fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b797fd, #ea97fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b797fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 151 253 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.19 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.77 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.79 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.26 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.06 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.22 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.71 #486802 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b797fd  rgb(183, 151, 253)  hsl(259, 96%, 79%)  Floral Lavender
#ddfd97  rgb(221, 253, 151)  hsl(79, 96%, 79%)  Pastel Yellow
#fdb797  rgb(253, 183, 151)  hsl(19, 96%, 79%)  Light Salmon
#97fdb7  rgb(151, 253, 183)  hsl(139, 96%, 79%)  Pale Green