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#BB6BDE

#bb6bde ≈ Floral Lavender

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bb6bde is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 41.96% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.77% cyan, 51.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 281.74°, with 63.54% saturation and 64.51% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.27:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.88.

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Web safe#cc66cc
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Relative luminance0.2635

Complementary

  1. #bb6bde
  2. #8ede6b

Split complementary

  1. #bb6bde
  2. #c8de6b
  3. #6bde82

Analogous

  1. #826bde
  2. #bb6bde
  3. #de6bc8

Triadic

  1. #bb6bde
  2. #debb6b
  3. #6bdebb

Tetradic

  1. #bb6bde
  2. #de6b8e
  3. #8ede6b
  4. #6bdebb

Square

  1. #bb6bde
  2. #de826b
  3. #8ede6b
  4. #6bc8de

Monochromatic

  1. #6e2090
  2. #9e2ece
  3. #bb6bde
  4. #d8aaec
  5. #f4e8fa

Shades

#bb6bde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb6bde
  2. #a860c8
  3. #9656b2
  4. #834b9b
  5. #704085
  6. #5e366f
  7. #4b2b59
  8. #382043
  9. #25152c
  10. #130b16
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb6bde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb6bde
  2. #c27ae1
  3. #c989e5
  4. #cf97e8
  5. #d6a6eb
  6. #ddb5ef
  7. #e4c4f2
  8. #ebd3f5
  9. #f1e1f8
  10. #f8f0fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb6bde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb6bde
  2. #b56dd5
  3. #af6fcb
  4. #a971c2
  5. #a373b8
  6. #9e76af
  7. #9878a6
  8. #927a9c
  9. #8c7c93
  10. #867e89
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a180b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5088e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #698fdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b87d9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #887de0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9182dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b976b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb6bde {
  color: #bb6bde;
}
Background
.bg-bb6bde {
  background-color: #bb6bde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb6bde {
  border: 2px solid #bb6bde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb6bde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 107 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 64% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb6bde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb6bde, #de6bc8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb6bde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 107 222 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.88 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.15 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.88 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.02 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.21 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.10 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.17 #449421 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bb6bde  rgb(187, 107, 222)  hsl(282, 64%, 65%)  Floral Lavender
#8ede6b  rgb(142, 222, 107)  hsl(102, 64%, 65%)  Pastel Green
#debb6b  rgb(222, 187, 107)  hsl(42, 64%, 65%)  Meat Brown
#6bdebb  rgb(107, 222, 187)  hsl(162, 64%, 65%)  Medium Aquamarine