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#B88AE5

#b88ae5 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b88ae5 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 54.12% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.65% cyan, 39.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 270.33°, with 63.64% saturation and 71.96% 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.32.

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Relative luminance0.3402

Complementary

  1. #b88ae5
  2. #b7e58a

Split complementary

  1. #b88ae5
  2. #e5e58a
  3. #8ae58a

Analogous

  1. #8a8ae5
  2. #b88ae5
  3. #e58ae5

Triadic

  1. #b88ae5
  2. #e5b88a
  3. #8ae5b8

Tetradic

  1. #b88ae5
  2. #e58ab7
  3. #b7e58a
  4. #8ae5b8

Square

  1. #b88ae5
  2. #e58a8a
  3. #b7e58a
  4. #8ae5e5

Monochromatic

  1. #6c27af
  2. #924bd7
  3. #b88ae5
  4. #dec9f3
  5. #f5eefb

Shades

#b88ae5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b88ae5
  2. #a67cce
  3. #936eb7
  4. #8161a0
  5. #6e5389
  6. #5c4573
  7. #4a375c
  8. #372945
  9. #251c2e
  10. #120e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#b88ae5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b88ae5
  2. #bf96e8
  3. #c6a1ea
  4. #cdaded
  5. #d4b9ef
  6. #dcc5f2
  7. #e3d0f5
  8. #eadcf7
  9. #f1e8fa
  10. #f8f3fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b88ae5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b88ae5
  2. #b289db
  3. #ad88d1
  4. #a787c7
  5. #a286bd
  6. #9c85b3
  7. #9684a8
  8. #91839e
  9. #8b8294
  10. #86818a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a996be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #769ce8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #809ee3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b198ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9595e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a96e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b493c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b88ae5 {
  color: #b88ae5;
}
Background
.bg-b88ae5 {
  background-color: #b88ae5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b88ae5 {
  border: 2px solid #b88ae5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b88ae5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 138 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 270 64% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b88ae5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b88ae5, #e58ae5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b88ae5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 138 229 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.32 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.17 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.74 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.80 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.85 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.86 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.05 #47751a Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b88ae5  rgb(184, 138, 229)  hsl(270, 64%, 72%)  Floral Lavender
#b7e58a  rgb(183, 229, 138)  hsl(90, 64%, 72%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e5b88a  rgb(229, 184, 138)  hsl(30, 64%, 72%)  Burly Wood
#8ae5b8  rgb(138, 229, 184)  hsl(150, 64%, 72%)  Seafoam Green