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#BB8DFB

#bb8dfb ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bb8dfb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 55.29% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.5% cyan, 43.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 265.09°, with 93.22% saturation and 76.86% 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 8.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 5.95.

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Relative luminance0.3658

Complementary

  1. #bb8dfb
  2. #cdfb8d

Split complementary

  1. #bb8dfb
  2. #fbf28d
  3. #96fb8d

Analogous

  1. #8d96fb
  2. #bb8dfb
  3. #f28dfb

Triadic

  1. #bb8dfb
  2. #fbbb8d
  3. #8dfbbb

Tetradic

  1. #bb8dfb
  2. #fb8dcd
  3. #cdfb8d
  4. #8dfbbb

Square

  1. #bb8dfb
  2. #fb8d96
  3. #cdfb8d
  4. #8dfbf2

Monochromatic

  1. #6508e7
  2. #8f43f8
  3. #bb8dfb
  4. #e7d7fe
  5. #f3ebfe

Shades

#bb8dfb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb8dfb
  2. #a87fe2
  3. #9671c9
  4. #8363b0
  5. #705597
  6. #5e477e
  7. #4b3864
  8. #382a4b
  9. #251c32
  10. #130e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb8dfb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb8dfb
  2. #c298fb
  3. #c9a4fc
  4. #cfaffc
  5. #d6bbfd
  6. #ddc6fd
  7. #e4d1fd
  8. #ebddfe
  9. #f1e8fe
  10. #f8f4ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb8dfb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb8dfb
  2. #b58cef
  3. #af8ae2
  4. #a989d6
  5. #a388ca
  6. #9e87be
  7. #9885b1
  8. #9284a5
  9. #8c8399
  10. #86818c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad9bcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6fa2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #79a3f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afa0b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #939afd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #989af9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b499d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb8dfb {
  color: #bb8dfb;
}
Background
.bg-bb8dfb {
  background-color: #bb8dfb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb8dfb {
  border: 2px solid #bb8dfb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb8dfb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 141 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 265 93% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb8dfb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb8dfb, #f28dfb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb8dfb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 141 251 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.95 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.50 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.19 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.53 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.67 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.92 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 11.72 #447204 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bb8dfb  rgb(187, 141, 251)  hsl(265, 93%, 77%)  Floral Lavender
#cdfb8d  rgb(205, 251, 141)  hsl(85, 93%, 77%)  Inchworm
#fbbb8d  rgb(251, 187, 141)  hsl(25, 93%, 77%)  Peach Orange
#8dfbbb  rgb(141, 251, 187)  hsl(145, 93%, 77%)  Aquamarine