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#BC72EA

#bc72ea ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bc72ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 44.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.66% cyan, 51.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 277°, with 74.07% saturation and 68.24% 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 6.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.99.

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Relative luminance0.2867

Complementary

  1. #bc72ea
  2. #a0ea72

Split complementary

  1. #bc72ea
  2. #dcea72
  3. #72ea80

Analogous

  1. #8072ea
  2. #bc72ea
  3. #ea72dc

Triadic

  1. #bc72ea
  2. #eabc72
  3. #72eabc

Tetradic

  1. #bc72ea
  2. #ea72a0
  3. #a0ea72
  4. #72eabc

Square

  1. #bc72ea
  2. #ea8072
  3. #a0ea72
  4. #72dcea

Monochromatic

  1. #7219aa
  2. #9c2fe0
  3. #bc72ea
  4. #dcb5f4
  5. #f7edfc

Shades

#bc72ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc72ea
  2. #a967d3
  3. #965bbb
  4. #8450a4
  5. #71448c
  6. #5e3975
  7. #4b2e5e
  8. #382246
  9. #26172f
  10. #130b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc72ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc72ea
  2. #c380ec
  3. #c98eee
  4. #d09cf0
  5. #d7aaf2
  6. #deb9f5
  7. #e4c7f7
  8. #ebd5f9
  9. #f2e3fb
  10. #f8f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc72ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc72ea
  2. #b673df
  3. #b075d5
  4. #aa76ca
  5. #a478c0
  6. #9e79b5
  7. #987aaa
  8. #927ca0
  9. #8c7d95
  10. #867f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a486bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #528eee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6993e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b786a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8a84ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9287e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b97fc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc72ea {
  color: #bc72ea;
}
Background
.bg-bc72ea {
  background-color: #bc72ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc72ea {
  border: 2px solid #bc72ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc72ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 114 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 277 74% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc72ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc72ea, #ea72dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc72ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 114 234 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.99 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 6.03 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.38 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.73 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 7.90 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.02 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.16 #438d15 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bc72ea  rgb(188, 114, 234)  hsl(277, 74%, 68%)  Floral Lavender
#a0ea72  rgb(160, 234, 114)  hsl(97, 74%, 68%)  Inchworm
#eabc72  rgb(234, 188, 114)  hsl(37, 74%, 68%)  Topaz
#72eabc  rgb(114, 234, 188)  hsl(157, 74%, 68%)  Aquamarine