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#B897FF

#b897ff ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b897ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 59.22% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.84% cyan, 40.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 259.04°, with 100% saturation and 79.61% 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 8.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 8.3.

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Relative luminance0.3954

Complementary

  1. #b897ff
  2. #deff97

Split complementary

  1. #b897ff
  2. #ffec97
  3. #aaff97

Analogous

  1. #97aaff
  2. #b897ff
  3. #ec97ff

Triadic

  1. #b897ff
  2. #ffb897
  3. #97ffb8

Tetradic

  1. #b897ff
  2. #ff97de
  3. #deff97
  4. #97ffb8

Square

  1. #b897ff
  2. #ff97aa
  3. #deff97
  4. #97ffec

Monochromatic

  1. #5000fd
  2. #844bff
  3. #b897ff
  4. #ece4ff
  5. #f1ebff

Shades

#b897ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b897ff
  2. #a688e6
  3. #9379cc
  4. #816ab3
  5. #6e5b99
  6. #5c4c80
  7. #4a3c66
  8. #372d4d
  9. #251e33
  10. #120f1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b897ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b897ff
  2. #bfa1ff
  3. #c6acff
  4. #cdb6ff
  5. #d4c1ff
  6. #dccbff
  7. #e3d5ff
  8. #eae0ff
  9. #f1eaff
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b897ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b897ff
  2. #b295f2
  3. #ad92e6
  4. #a790d9
  5. #a28ecc
  6. #9c8cc0
  7. #9689b3
  8. #9187a6
  9. #8b8599
  10. #86828d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa2d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #80a8fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9a9bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97a2ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99a1fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #afa2dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b897ff {
  color: #b897ff;
}
Background
.bg-b897ff {
  background-color: #b897ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b897ff {
  border: 2px solid #b897ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b897ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 151 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b897ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b897ff, #ec97ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b897ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 151 255 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.30 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.76 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.96 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.12 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.17 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.41 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.79 #476800 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b897ff  rgb(184, 151, 255)  hsl(259, 100%, 80%)  Floral Lavender
#deff97  rgb(222, 255, 151)  hsl(79, 100%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#ffb897  rgb(255, 184, 151)  hsl(19, 100%, 80%)  Light Salmon
#97ffb8  rgb(151, 255, 184)  hsl(139, 100%, 80%)  Pale Green