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#BC89E6

#bc89e6 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bc89e6 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 53.73% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.26% cyan, 40.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 272.9°, with 65.03% saturation and 71.96% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.14.

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Relative luminance0.343

Complementary

  1. #bc89e6
  2. #b3e689

Split complementary

  1. #bc89e6
  2. #e2e689
  3. #89e68d

Analogous

  1. #8d89e6
  2. #bc89e6
  3. #e689e2

Triadic

  1. #bc89e6
  2. #e6bc89
  3. #89e6bc

Tetradic

  1. #bc89e6
  2. #e689b3
  3. #b3e689
  4. #89e6bc

Square

  1. #bc89e6
  2. #e68d89
  3. #b3e689
  4. #89e2e6

Monochromatic

  1. #7225b1
  2. #984ad9
  3. #bc89e6
  4. #e0c8f3
  5. #f5eefb

Shades

#bc89e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc89e6
  2. #a97bcf
  3. #966eb8
  4. #8460a1
  5. #71528a
  6. #5e4573
  7. #4b375c
  8. #382945
  9. #261b2e
  10. #130e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc89e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc89e6
  2. #c395e9
  3. #c9a1eb
  4. #d0acee
  5. #d7b8f0
  6. #dec4f3
  7. #e4d0f5
  8. #ebdcf8
  9. #f2e7fa
  10. #f8f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc89e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc89e6
  2. #b688dc
  3. #b087d2
  4. #aa86c7
  5. #a485bd
  6. #9e85b3
  7. #9884a9
  8. #92839f
  9. #8c8294
  10. #86818a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab96bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #759ce9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #819fe3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b797ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9795e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9c97e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b992c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc89e6 {
  color: #bc89e6;
}
Background
.bg-bc89e6 {
  background-color: #bc89e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc89e6 {
  border: 2px solid #bc89e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc89e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 137 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 273 65% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc89e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc89e6, #e689e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc89e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 137 230 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.14 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.95 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.13 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.01 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.19 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.23 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.24 #437619 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bc89e6  rgb(188, 137, 230)  hsl(273, 65%, 72%)  Floral Lavender
#b3e689  rgb(179, 230, 137)  hsl(93, 65%, 72%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e6bc89  rgb(230, 188, 137)  hsl(33, 65%, 72%)  Burly Wood
#89e6bc  rgb(137, 230, 188)  hsl(153, 65%, 72%)  Seafoam Green