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#BF79EA

#bf79ea ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bf79ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 47.45% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.38% cyan, 48.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 277.17°, with 72.9% saturation and 69.61% 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 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 2.97.

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Relative luminance0.3069

Complementary

  1. #bf79ea
  2. #a4ea79

Split complementary

  1. #bf79ea
  2. #dcea79
  3. #79ea87

Analogous

  1. #8779ea
  2. #bf79ea
  3. #ea79dc

Triadic

  1. #bf79ea
  2. #eabf79
  3. #79eabf

Tetradic

  1. #bf79ea
  2. #ea79a4
  3. #a4ea79
  4. #79eabf

Square

  1. #bf79ea
  2. #ea8779
  3. #a4ea79
  4. #79dcea

Monochromatic

  1. #771baf
  2. #9f37e0
  3. #bf79ea
  4. #dfbbf4
  5. #f7edfc

Shades

#bf79ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bf79ea
  2. #ac6dd3
  3. #9961bb
  4. #8655a4
  5. #73498c
  6. #603d75
  7. #4c305e
  8. #392446
  9. #26182f
  10. #130c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#bf79ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bf79ea
  2. #c586ec
  3. #cc94ee
  4. #d2a1f0
  5. #d9aff2
  6. #dfbcf5
  7. #e5c9f7
  8. #ecd7f9
  9. #f2e4fb
  10. #f9f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bf79ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bf79ea
  2. #b97adf
  3. #b27ad5
  4. #ac7bca
  5. #a67cc0
  6. #a07db5
  7. #997daa
  8. #937ea0
  9. #8d7f95
  10. #867f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a88cbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5e93ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7298e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba8ba7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f89ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #978de8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bc84c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bf79ea {
  color: #bf79ea;
}
Background
.bg-bf79ea {
  background-color: #bf79ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bf79ea {
  border: 2px solid #bf79ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bf79ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 121 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 277 73% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bf79ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bf79ea, #ea79dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bf79ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 121 234 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 2.97 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 5.50 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.26 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.78 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.86 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.98 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.23 #408615 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bf79ea  rgb(191, 121, 234)  hsl(277, 73%, 70%)  Floral Lavender
#a4ea79  rgb(164, 234, 121)  hsl(97, 73%, 70%)  Inchworm
#eabf79  rgb(234, 191, 121)  hsl(37, 73%, 70%)  Topaz
#79eabf  rgb(121, 234, 191)  hsl(157, 73%, 70%)  Aquamarine