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#BD85ED

#bd85ed ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bd85ed is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 52.16% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.25% cyan, 43.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 272.31°, with 74.29% saturation and 72.55% 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 7.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.12.

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Relative luminance0.3371

Complementary

  1. #bd85ed
  2. #b5ed85

Split complementary

  1. #bd85ed
  2. #e9ed85
  3. #85ed89

Analogous

  1. #8985ed
  2. #bd85ed
  3. #ed85e9

Triadic

  1. #bd85ed
  2. #edbd85
  3. #85edbd

Tetradic

  1. #bd85ed
  2. #ed85b5
  3. #b5ed85
  4. #85edbd

Square

  1. #bd85ed
  2. #ed8985
  3. #b5ed85
  4. #85e9ed

Monochromatic

  1. #731cbd
  2. #9942e3
  3. #bd85ed
  4. #e1c8f7
  5. #f5edfc

Shades

#bd85ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bd85ed
  2. #aa78d5
  3. #976abe
  4. #845da6
  5. #71508e
  6. #5f4377
  7. #4c355f
  8. #392847
  9. #261b2f
  10. #130d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#bd85ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bd85ed
  2. #c491ef
  3. #ca9df1
  4. #d1aaf2
  5. #d7b6f4
  6. #dec2f6
  7. #e5cef8
  8. #ebdafa
  9. #f2e7fb
  10. #f8f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bd85ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bd85ed
  2. #b785e2
  3. #b184d7
  4. #ab84cc
  5. #a583c1
  6. #9f83b7
  7. #9882ac
  8. #9282a1
  9. #8c8196
  10. #86818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab94c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6c9bf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9eea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b696ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9493ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a94eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b98fca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bd85ed {
  color: #bd85ed;
}
Background
.bg-bd85ed {
  background-color: #bd85ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bd85ed {
  border: 2px solid #bd85ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bd85ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 133 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 74% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bd85ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bd85ed, #ed85e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bd85ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 133 237 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.12 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 6.85 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.91 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.19 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.57 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.71 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 10.92 #427a12 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bd85ed  rgb(189, 133, 237)  hsl(272, 74%, 73%)  Floral Lavender
#b5ed85  rgb(181, 237, 133)  hsl(92, 74%, 73%)  Inchworm
#edbd85  rgb(237, 189, 133)  hsl(32, 74%, 73%)  Burly Wood
#85edbd  rgb(133, 237, 189)  hsl(152, 74%, 73%)  Aquamarine