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#BB87EA

#bb87ea ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bb87ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 52.94% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.09% cyan, 42.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 271.52°, with 70.21% saturation and 72.35% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.03.

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Relative luminance0.3383

Complementary

  1. #bb87ea
  2. #b6ea87

Split complementary

  1. #bb87ea
  2. #e7ea87
  3. #87ea89

Analogous

  1. #8987ea
  2. #bb87ea
  3. #ea87e7

Triadic

  1. #bb87ea
  2. #eabb87
  3. #87eabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb87ea
  2. #ea87b6
  3. #b6ea87
  4. #87eabb

Square

  1. #bb87ea
  2. #ea8987
  3. #b6ea87
  4. #87e7ea

Monochromatic

  1. #7020b8
  2. #9646df
  3. #bb87ea
  4. #e0c8f5
  5. #f5eefc

Shades

#bb87ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb87ea
  2. #a87ad3
  3. #966cbb
  4. #835fa4
  5. #70518c
  6. #5e4475
  7. #4b365e
  8. #382946
  9. #251b2f
  10. #130e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb87ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb87ea
  2. #c293ec
  3. #c99fee
  4. #cfabf0
  5. #d6b7f2
  6. #ddc3f5
  7. #e4cff7
  8. #ebdbf9
  9. #f1e7fb
  10. #f8f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb87ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb87ea
  2. #b586df
  3. #af86d5
  4. #a985ca
  5. #a384c0
  6. #9e84b5
  7. #9883aa
  8. #9282a0
  9. #8c8195
  10. #86818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aa95c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #709bee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d9ee7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b497ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9494ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a95e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b791c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb87ea {
  color: #bb87ea;
}
Background
.bg-bb87ea {
  background-color: #bb87ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb87ea {
  border: 2px solid #bb87ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb87ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 135 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 70% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb87ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb87ea, #ea87e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb87ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 135 234 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.03 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.56 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.11 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.22 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.48 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.61 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.49 #447815 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bb87ea  rgb(187, 135, 234)  hsl(272, 70%, 72%)  Floral Lavender
#b6ea87  rgb(182, 234, 135)  hsl(92, 70%, 72%)  Inchworm
#eabb87  rgb(234, 187, 135)  hsl(32, 70%, 72%)  Burly Wood
#87eabb  rgb(135, 234, 187)  hsl(152, 70%, 72%)  Seafoam Green