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#B97CDB

#b97cdb ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b97cdb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 48.63% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.53% cyan, 43.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 278.53°, with 56.89% saturation and 67.25% 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 6.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 1.07.

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Relative luminance0.2984

Complementary

  1. #b97cdb
  2. #9edb7c

Split complementary

  1. #b97cdb
  2. #cddb7c
  3. #7cdb89

Analogous

  1. #897cdb
  2. #b97cdb
  3. #db7ccd

Triadic

  1. #b97cdb
  2. #dbb97c
  3. #7cdbb9

Tetradic

  1. #b97cdb
  2. #db7c9e
  3. #9edb7c
  4. #7cdbb9

Square

  1. #b97cdb
  2. #db897c
  3. #9edb7c
  4. #7ccddb

Monochromatic

  1. #6e2995
  2. #9940cb
  3. #b97cdb
  4. #d9b8eb
  5. #f6effb

Shades

#b97cdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b97cdb
  2. #a770c5
  3. #9463af
  4. #825799
  5. #6f4a83
  6. #5d3e6e
  7. #4a3258
  8. #382542
  9. #25192c
  10. #130c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#b97cdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b97cdb
  2. #c089df
  3. #c796e2
  4. #cea3e6
  5. #d5b0e9
  6. #dcbeed
  7. #e3cbf1
  8. #ead8f4
  9. #f1e5f8
  10. #f8f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b97cdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b97cdb
  2. #b37cd2
  3. #ae7dc9
  4. #a87dc0
  5. #a27eb7
  6. #9d7eae
  7. #977ea4
  8. #917f9b
  9. #8b7f92
  10. #868089
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a48bb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6991de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7996d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b68aa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9089dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #978cd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b785bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b97cdb {
  color: #b97cdb;
}
Background
.bg-b97cdb {
  background-color: #b97cdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b97cdb {
  border: 2px solid #b97cdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b97cdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 124 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 57% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b97cdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b97cdb, #db7ccd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b97cdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 124 219 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 1.07 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.04 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.47 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.62 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.65 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.71 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.13 #468324 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b97cdb  rgb(185, 124, 219)  hsl(279, 57%, 67%)  Floral Lavender
#9edb7c  rgb(158, 219, 124)  hsl(99, 57%, 67%)  Pastel Green
#dbb97c  rgb(219, 185, 124)  hsl(39, 57%, 67%)  Burly Wood
#7cdbb9  rgb(124, 219, 185)  hsl(159, 57%, 67%)  Medium Aquamarine