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#B888EA

#b888ea ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b888ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 53.33% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.37% cyan, 41.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 269.39°, with 70% saturation and 72.55% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.27.

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Relative luminance0.3374

Complementary

  1. #b888ea
  2. #baea88

Split complementary

  1. #b888ea
  2. #eae988
  3. #89ea88

Analogous

  1. #8889ea
  2. #b888ea
  3. #e988ea

Triadic

  1. #b888ea
  2. #eab888
  3. #88eab8

Tetradic

  1. #b888ea
  2. #ea88ba
  3. #baea88
  4. #88eab8

Square

  1. #b888ea
  2. #ea8889
  3. #baea88
  4. #88eae9

Monochromatic

  1. #6b21b8
  2. #9147df
  3. #b888ea
  4. #dfc9f5
  5. #f5eefc

Shades

#b888ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b888ea
  2. #a67ad3
  3. #936dbb
  4. #815fa4
  5. #6e528c
  6. #5c4475
  7. #4a365e
  8. #372946
  9. #251b2f
  10. #120e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#b888ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b888ea
  2. #bf94ec
  3. #c6a0ee
  4. #cdacf0
  5. #d4b8f2
  6. #dcc4f5
  7. #e3cff7
  8. #eadbf9
  9. #f1e7fb
  10. #f8f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b888ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b888ea
  2. #b287df
  3. #ad86d5
  4. #a786ca
  5. #a285c0
  6. #9c84b5
  7. #9683aa
  8. #9182a0
  9. #8b8295
  10. #86818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a995c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #719bee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c9de7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b098ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9394ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9895e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b392c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b888ea {
  color: #b888ea;
}
Background
.bg-b888ea {
  background-color: #b888ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b888ea {
  border: 2px solid #b888ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b888ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 136 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 70% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b888ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b888ea, #e988ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b888ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 136 234 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.27 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.18 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.18 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.33 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.89 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.15 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.31 #477715 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b888ea  rgb(184, 136, 234)  hsl(269, 70%, 73%)  Floral Lavender
#baea88  rgb(186, 234, 136)  hsl(89, 70%, 73%)  Inchworm
#eab888  rgb(234, 184, 136)  hsl(29, 70%, 73%)  Burly Wood
#88eab8  rgb(136, 234, 184)  hsl(149, 70%, 73%)  Seafoam Green