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#BB99FA

#bb99fa ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bb99fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 60% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 38.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 261.03°, with 90.65% saturation and 79.02% 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 9.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 8.06.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.4025

Complementary

  1. #bb99fa
  2. #d8fa99

Split complementary

  1. #bb99fa
  2. #faeb99
  3. #a8fa99

Analogous

  1. #99a8fa
  2. #bb99fa
  3. #eb99fa

Triadic

  1. #bb99fa
  2. #fabb99
  3. #99fabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb99fa
  2. #fa99d8
  3. #d8fa99
  4. #99fabb

Square

  1. #bb99fa
  2. #fa99a8
  3. #d8fa99
  4. #99faeb

Monochromatic

  1. #5b0cee
  2. #8a50f6
  3. #bb99fa
  4. #ece2fe
  5. #f2ecfe

Shades

#bb99fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb99fa
  2. #a88ae1
  3. #967ac8
  4. #836baf
  5. #705c96
  6. #5e4d7d
  7. #4b3d64
  8. #382e4b
  9. #251f32
  10. #130f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb99fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb99fa
  2. #c2a3fb
  3. #c9adfb
  4. #cfb8fc
  5. #d6c2fc
  6. #ddccfd
  7. #e4d6fd
  8. #ebe0fe
  9. #f1ebfe
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb99fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb99fa
  2. #b597ee
  3. #af94e2
  4. #a992d5
  5. #a38fc9
  6. #9e8dbd
  7. #988ab1
  8. #9288a5
  9. #8c8598
  10. #86838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1a4cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80aafe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86a9f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afa9be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ba4fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ea3f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4a3d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb99fa {
  color: #bb99fa;
}
Background
.bg-bb99fa {
  background-color: #bb99fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb99fa {
  border: 2px solid #bb99fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb99fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 153 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 91% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb99fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb99fa, #eb99fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb99fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 153 250 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.06 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.63 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.63 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.07 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.56 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.14 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 12.20 #446605 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bb99fa  rgb(187, 153, 250)  hsl(261, 91%, 79%)  Floral Lavender
#d8fa99  rgb(216, 250, 153)  hsl(81, 91%, 79%)  Inchworm
#fabb99  rgb(250, 187, 153)  hsl(21, 91%, 79%)  Apricot
#99fabb  rgb(153, 250, 187)  hsl(141, 91%, 79%)  Aquamarine