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#BB85EA

#bb85ea ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bb85ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 52.16% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 43.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 272.08°, with 70.63% saturation and 71.96% 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 7.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 2.72.

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Relative luminance0.3328

Complementary

  1. #bb85ea
  2. #b4ea85

Split complementary

  1. #bb85ea
  2. #e6ea85
  3. #85ea88

Analogous

  1. #8885ea
  2. #bb85ea
  3. #ea85e6

Triadic

  1. #bb85ea
  2. #eabb85
  3. #85eabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb85ea
  2. #ea85b4
  3. #b4ea85
  4. #85eabb

Square

  1. #bb85ea
  2. #ea8885
  3. #b4ea85
  4. #85e6ea

Monochromatic

  1. #701fb7
  2. #9744df
  3. #bb85ea
  4. #dfc6f5
  5. #f5eefc

Shades

#bb85ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb85ea
  2. #a878d3
  3. #966abb
  4. #835da4
  5. #70508c
  6. #5e4375
  7. #4b355e
  8. #382846
  9. #251b2f
  10. #130d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb85ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb85ea
  2. #c291ec
  3. #c99dee
  4. #cfaaf0
  5. #d6b6f2
  6. #ddc2f5
  7. #e4cef7
  8. #ebdaf9
  9. #f1e7fb
  10. #f8f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb85ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb85ea
  2. #b585df
  3. #af84d5
  4. #a984ca
  5. #a383c0
  6. #9e83b5
  7. #9882aa
  8. #9282a0
  9. #8c8195
  10. #86818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a993c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6d9aee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b9de7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b495ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9392ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9994e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b78fc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb85ea {
  color: #bb85ea;
}
Background
.bg-bb85ea {
  background-color: #bb85ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb85ea {
  border: 2px solid #bb85ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb85ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 133 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 71% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb85ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb85ea, #ea85e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb85ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 133 234 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 2.72 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.25 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.95 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.32 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.43 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.54 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.43 #447a15 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bb85ea  rgb(187, 133, 234)  hsl(272, 71%, 72%)  Floral Lavender
#b4ea85  rgb(180, 234, 133)  hsl(92, 71%, 72%)  Inchworm
#eabb85  rgb(234, 187, 133)  hsl(32, 71%, 72%)  Burly Wood
#85eabb  rgb(133, 234, 187)  hsl(152, 71%, 72%)  Seafoam Green