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#B87BD9

#b87bd9 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b87bd9 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 48.24% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.21% cyan, 43.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 278.94°, with 55.29% saturation and 66.67% 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 6.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 1.24.

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Web safe#cc66cc
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Relative luminance0.2937

Complementary

  1. #b87bd9
  2. #9cd97b

Split complementary

  1. #b87bd9
  2. #cbd97b
  3. #7bd989

Analogous

  1. #897bd9
  2. #b87bd9
  3. #d97bcb

Triadic

  1. #b87bd9
  2. #d9b87b
  3. #7bd9b8

Tetradic

  1. #b87bd9
  2. #d97b9c
  3. #9cd97b
  4. #7bd9b8

Square

  1. #b87bd9
  2. #d9897b
  3. #9cd97b
  4. #7bcbd9

Monochromatic

  1. #6d2a91
  2. #9840c8
  3. #b87bd9
  4. #d8b6ea
  5. #f6effa

Shades

#b87bd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b87bd9
  2. #a66fc3
  3. #9362ae
  4. #815698
  5. #6e4a82
  6. #5c3e6d
  7. #4a3157
  8. #372541
  9. #25192b
  10. #120c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#b87bd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b87bd9
  2. #bf88dd
  3. #c695e1
  4. #cda3e4
  5. #d4b0e8
  6. #dcbdec
  7. #e3caf0
  8. #ead7f4
  9. #f1e5f7
  10. #f8f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b87bd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b87bd9
  2. #b27cd0
  3. #ad7cc7
  4. #a77dbe
  5. #a27db5
  6. #9c7ead
  7. #967ea4
  8. #917f9b
  9. #8b7f92
  10. #868089
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a38ab4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6890dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7895d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b589a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f88db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #968bd7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b683b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b87bd9 {
  color: #b87bd9;
}
Background
.bg-b87bd9 {
  background-color: #b87bd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b87bd9 {
  border: 2px solid #b87bd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b87bd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 123 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 55% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b87bd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b87bd9, #d97bcb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b87bd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 123 217 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 1.24 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.02 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.71 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.33 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.43 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.52 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.88 #478426 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b87bd9  rgb(184, 123, 217)  hsl(279, 55%, 67%)  Floral Lavender
#9cd97b  rgb(156, 217, 123)  hsl(99, 55%, 67%)  Pistachio
#d9b87b  rgb(217, 184, 123)  hsl(39, 55%, 67%)  Burly Wood
#7bd9b8  rgb(123, 217, 184)  hsl(159, 55%, 67%)  Medium Aquamarine