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#BB97FF

#bb97ff ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bb97ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.67% cyan, 40.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 260.77°, with 100% saturation and 79.61% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 8.09.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.3992

Complementary

  1. #bb97ff
  2. #dbff97

Split complementary

  1. #bb97ff
  2. #ffef97
  3. #a7ff97

Analogous

  1. #97a7ff
  2. #bb97ff
  3. #ef97ff

Triadic

  1. #bb97ff
  2. #ffbb97
  3. #97ffbb

Tetradic

  1. #bb97ff
  2. #ff97db
  3. #dbff97
  4. #97ffbb

Square

  1. #bb97ff
  2. #ff97a7
  3. #dbff97
  4. #97ffef

Monochromatic

  1. #5800fd
  2. #894bff
  3. #bb97ff
  4. #ede4ff
  5. #f2ebff

Shades

#bb97ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb97ff
  2. #a888e6
  3. #9679cc
  4. #836ab3
  5. #705b99
  6. #5e4c80
  7. #4b3c66
  8. #382d4d
  9. #251e33
  10. #130f1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb97ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb97ff
  2. #c2a1ff
  3. #c9acff
  4. #cfb6ff
  5. #d6c1ff
  6. #ddcbff
  7. #e4d5ff
  8. #ebe0ff
  9. #f1eaff
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb97ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb97ff
  2. #b595f2
  3. #af92e6
  4. #a990d9
  5. #a38ecc
  6. #9e8cc0
  7. #9889b3
  8. #9287a6
  9. #8c8599
  10. #86828d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1a2d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7baaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #81a9fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aea9bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99a2ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ca2fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3a2dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb97ff {
  color: #bb97ff;
}
Background
.bg-bb97ff {
  background-color: #bb97ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb97ff {
  border: 2px solid #bb97ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb97ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 151 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb97ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb97ff, #ef97ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb97ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 151 255 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.09 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.30 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.59 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.64 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 12.24 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.30 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.37 #446800 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bb97ff  rgb(187, 151, 255)  hsl(261, 100%, 80%)  Floral Lavender
#dbff97  rgb(219, 255, 151)  hsl(81, 100%, 80%)  Inchworm
#ffbb97  rgb(255, 187, 151)  hsl(21, 100%, 80%)  Apricot
#97ffbb  rgb(151, 255, 187)  hsl(141, 100%, 80%)  Pale Green