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#BB97FA

#bb97fa ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bb97fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 59.22% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 39.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 261.82°, with 90.83% saturation and 78.63% 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 8.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 7.63.

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Relative luminance0.396

Complementary

  1. #bb97fa
  2. #d6fa97

Split complementary

  1. #bb97fa
  2. #faed97
  3. #a5fa97

Analogous

  1. #97a5fa
  2. #bb97fa
  3. #ed97fa

Triadic

  1. #bb97fa
  2. #fabb97
  3. #97fabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb97fa
  2. #fa97d6
  3. #d6fa97
  4. #97fabb

Square

  1. #bb97fa
  2. #fa97a5
  3. #d6fa97
  4. #97faed

Monochromatic

  1. #5d0bed
  2. #8b4ef6
  3. #bb97fa
  4. #ebe0fe
  5. #f2ecfe

Shades

#bb97fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb97fa
  2. #a888e1
  3. #9679c8
  4. #836aaf
  5. #705b96
  6. #5e4c7d
  7. #4b3c64
  8. #382d4b
  9. #251e32
  10. #130f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb97fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb97fa
  2. #c2a1fb
  3. #c9acfb
  4. #cfb6fc
  5. #d6c1fc
  6. #ddcbfd
  7. #e4d5fd
  8. #ebe0fe
  9. #f1eafe
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb97fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb97fa
  2. #b595ee
  3. #af92e2
  4. #a990d5
  5. #a38ec9
  6. #9e8cbd
  7. #9889b1
  8. #9287a5
  9. #8c8598
  10. #86828c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0a2ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da9fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84a8f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afa8bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aa2fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9da2f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4a1d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb97fa {
  color: #bb97fa;
}
Background
.bg-bb97fa {
  background-color: #bb97fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb97fa {
  border: 2px solid #bb97fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb97fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 151 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 262 91% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb97fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb97fa, #ed97fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb97fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 151 250 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.63 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.81 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.91 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.60 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.64 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.91 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.29 #446805 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bb97fa  rgb(187, 151, 250)  hsl(262, 91%, 79%)  Floral Lavender
#d6fa97  rgb(214, 250, 151)  hsl(82, 91%, 79%)  Inchworm
#fabb97  rgb(250, 187, 151)  hsl(22, 91%, 79%)  Apricot
#97fabb  rgb(151, 250, 187)  hsl(142, 91%, 79%)  Aquamarine