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#BB79EA

#bb79ea ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bb79ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 47.45% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 48.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 275.04°, with 72.9% saturation and 69.61% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 2.81.

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Relative luminance0.3018

Complementary

  1. #bb79ea
  2. #a8ea79

Split complementary

  1. #bb79ea
  2. #e1ea79
  3. #79ea83

Analogous

  1. #8379ea
  2. #bb79ea
  3. #ea79e1

Triadic

  1. #bb79ea
  2. #eabb79
  3. #79eabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb79ea
  2. #ea79a8
  3. #a8ea79
  4. #79eabb

Square

  1. #bb79ea
  2. #ea8379
  3. #a8ea79
  4. #79e1ea

Monochromatic

  1. #711baf
  2. #9937e0
  3. #bb79ea
  4. #ddbbf4
  5. #f6edfc

Shades

#bb79ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb79ea
  2. #a86dd3
  3. #9661bb
  4. #8355a4
  5. #70498c
  6. #5e3d75
  7. #4b305e
  8. #382446
  9. #25182f
  10. #130c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb79ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb79ea
  2. #c286ec
  3. #c994ee
  4. #cfa1f0
  5. #d6aff2
  6. #ddbcf5
  7. #e4c9f7
  8. #ebd7f9
  9. #f1e4fb
  10. #f8f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb79ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb79ea
  2. #b57adf
  3. #af7ad5
  4. #a97bca
  5. #a37cc0
  6. #9e7db5
  7. #987daa
  8. #927ea0
  9. #8c7f95
  10. #867f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a68bbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5d92ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f96e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b58ca7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8c89ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #948ce8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b785c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb79ea {
  color: #bb79ea;
}
Background
.bg-bb79ea {
  background-color: #bb79ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb79ea {
  border: 2px solid #bb79ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb79ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 121 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 73% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb79ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb79ea, #ea79e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb79ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 121 234 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 2.81 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 6.15 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.96 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.05 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.72 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.87 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.74 #448615 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bb79ea  rgb(187, 121, 234)  hsl(275, 73%, 70%)  Floral Lavender
#a8ea79  rgb(168, 234, 121)  hsl(95, 73%, 70%)  Inchworm
#eabb79  rgb(234, 187, 121)  hsl(35, 73%, 70%)  Burly Wood
#79eabb  rgb(121, 234, 187)  hsl(155, 73%, 70%)  Aquamarine