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#BC8BF6

#bc8bf6 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bc8bf6 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 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.58% cyan, 43.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 267.48°, with 85.6% saturation and 75.49% 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 8.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 5.01.

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Relative luminance0.3581

Complementary

  1. #bc8bf6
  2. #c5f68b

Split complementary

  1. #bc8bf6
  2. #f6f28b
  3. #8ff68b

Analogous

  1. #8b8ff6
  2. #bc8bf6
  3. #f28bf6

Triadic

  1. #bc8bf6
  2. #f6bc8b
  3. #8bf6bc

Tetradic

  1. #bc8bf6
  2. #f68bc5
  3. #c5f68b
  4. #8bf6bc

Square

  1. #bc8bf6
  2. #f68b8f
  3. #c5f68b
  4. #8bf6f2

Monochromatic

  1. #6c11d7
  2. #9344f0
  3. #bc8bf6
  4. #e5d2fc
  5. #f4ecfe

Shades

#bc8bf6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc8bf6
  2. #a97ddd
  3. #966fc5
  4. #8461ac
  5. #715394
  6. #5e467b
  7. #4b3862
  8. #382a4a
  9. #261c31
  10. #130e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc8bf6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc8bf6
  2. #c397f7
  3. #c9a2f8
  4. #d0aef9
  5. #d7b9fa
  6. #dec5fb
  7. #e4d1fb
  8. #ebdcfc
  9. #f2e8fd
  10. #f8f3fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc8bf6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc8bf6
  2. #b68aea
  3. #b089de
  4. #aa88d3
  5. #a487c7
  6. #9e86bb
  7. #9884af
  8. #9283a3
  9. #8c8298
  10. #86818c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad99c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6fa0fa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ba1f3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b29db5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9498f8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9999f4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b696d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc8bf6 {
  color: #bc8bf6;
}
Background
.bg-bc8bf6 {
  background-color: #bc8bf6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc8bf6 {
  border: 2px solid #bc8bf6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc8bf6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 139 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 86% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc8bf6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc8bf6, #f28bf6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc8bf6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 139 246 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.01 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.91 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.75 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.22 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.25 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.65 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.78 #437409 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bc8bf6  rgb(188, 139, 246)  hsl(267, 86%, 75%)  Floral Lavender
#c5f68b  rgb(197, 246, 139)  hsl(87, 86%, 75%)  Inchworm
#f6bc8b  rgb(246, 188, 139)  hsl(27, 86%, 75%)  Peach Orange
#8bf6bc  rgb(139, 246, 188)  hsl(147, 86%, 75%)  Aquamarine