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#B993FF

#b993ff ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b993ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 57.65% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.45% cyan, 42.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 261.11°, with 100% saturation and 78.82% 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 8.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 7.48.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.384

Complementary

  1. #b993ff
  2. #d9ff93

Split complementary

  1. #b993ff
  2. #ffef93
  3. #a3ff93

Analogous

  1. #93a3ff
  2. #b993ff
  3. #ef93ff

Triadic

  1. #b993ff
  2. #ffb993
  3. #93ffb9

Tetradic

  1. #b993ff
  2. #ff93d9
  3. #d9ff93
  4. #93ffb9

Square

  1. #b993ff
  2. #ff93a3
  3. #d9ff93
  4. #93ffef

Monochromatic

  1. #5800f9
  2. #8746ff
  3. #b993ff
  4. #ebdfff
  5. #f2ebff

Shades

#b993ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b993ff
  2. #a784e6
  3. #9476cc
  4. #8267b3
  5. #6f5899
  6. #5d4a80
  7. #4a3b66
  8. #382c4d
  9. #251d33
  10. #130f1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b993ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b993ff
  2. #c09eff
  3. #c7a9ff
  4. #ceb3ff
  5. #d5beff
  6. #dcc9ff
  7. #e3d4ff
  8. #eadfff
  9. #f1e9ff
  10. #f8f4ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b993ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b993ff
  2. #b391f2
  3. #ae8fe6
  4. #a88dd9
  5. #a28bcc
  6. #9d8ac0
  7. #9788b3
  8. #9186a6
  9. #8b8499
  10. #86828d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae9fd0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #74a7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ca6fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aba6bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #959fff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #989ffd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b19fdb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b993ff {
  color: #b993ff;
}
Background
.bg-b993ff {
  background-color: #b993ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b993ff {
  border: 2px solid #b993ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b993ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 147 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 100% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b993ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b993ff, #ef93ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b993ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 147 255 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.48 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.09 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.18 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.20 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.48 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 12.15 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.83 #466c00 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b993ff  rgb(185, 147, 255)  hsl(261, 100%, 79%)  Floral Lavender
#d9ff93  rgb(217, 255, 147)  hsl(81, 100%, 79%)  Inchworm
#ffb993  rgb(255, 185, 147)  hsl(21, 100%, 79%)  Tumbleweed
#93ffb9  rgb(147, 255, 185)  hsl(141, 100%, 79%)  Pale Green