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#BC8BE0

#bc8be0 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bc8be0 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 54.51% green and 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.07% cyan, 37.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 274.59°, with 57.82% saturation and 71.18% 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 7.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.61.

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Relative luminance0.3454

Complementary

  1. #bc8be0
  2. #afe08b

Split complementary

  1. #bc8be0
  2. #dae08b
  3. #8be092

Analogous

  1. #928be0
  2. #bc8be0
  3. #e08bda

Triadic

  1. #bc8be0
  2. #e0bc8b
  3. #8be0bc

Tetradic

  1. #bc8be0
  2. #e08baf
  3. #afe08b
  4. #8be0bc

Square

  1. #bc8be0
  2. #e0928b
  3. #afe08b
  4. #8bdae0

Monochromatic

  1. #722ca6
  2. #994fd0
  3. #bc8be0
  4. #dfc7f0
  5. #f6effb

Shades

#bc8be0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc8be0
  2. #a97dca
  3. #966fb3
  4. #84619d
  5. #715386
  6. #5e4670
  7. #4b385a
  8. #382a43
  9. #261c2d
  10. #130e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc8be0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc8be0
  2. #c397e3
  3. #c9a2e6
  4. #d0aee9
  5. #d7b9ec
  6. #dec5f0
  7. #e4d1f3
  8. #ebdcf6
  9. #f2e8f9
  10. #f8f3fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc8be0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc8be0
  2. #b68ad6
  3. #b089cd
  4. #aa88c3
  5. #a487ba
  6. #9e86b0
  7. #9884a6
  8. #92839d
  9. #8c8293
  10. #86818a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab97bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a9ce3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86a0de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b897ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9996e2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9e98df ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ba93c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc8be0 {
  color: #bc8be0;
}
Background
.bg-bc8be0 {
  background-color: #bc8be0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc8be0 {
  border: 2px solid #bc8be0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc8be0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 139 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 58% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc8be0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc8be0, #e08bda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc8be0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 139 224 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.61 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.97 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.74 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.95 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.15 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.30 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.81 #43741f Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bc8be0  rgb(188, 139, 224)  hsl(275, 58%, 71%)  Floral Lavender
#afe08b  rgb(175, 224, 139)  hsl(95, 58%, 71%)  Granny Smith Apple
#e0bc8b  rgb(224, 188, 139)  hsl(35, 58%, 71%)  Burly Wood
#8be0bc  rgb(139, 224, 188)  hsl(155, 58%, 71%)  Seafoam Green