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#bf8bf9 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bf8bf9 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 54.51% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.29% cyan, 44.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 268.36°, with 90.16% saturation and 76.08% 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 8.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 5.32.

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Relative luminance0.3638

Complementary

  1. #bf8bf9
  2. #c5f98b

Split complementary

  1. #bf8bf9
  2. #f9f68b
  3. #8ef98b

Analogous

  1. #8b8ef9
  2. #bf8bf9
  3. #f68bf9

Triadic

  1. #bf8bf9
  2. #f9bf8b
  3. #8bf9bf

Tetradic

  1. #bf8bf9
  2. #f98bc5
  3. #c5f98b
  4. #8bf9bf

Square

  1. #bf8bf9
  2. #f98b8e
  3. #c5f98b
  4. #8bf9f6

Monochromatic

  1. #700cdf
  2. #9742f5
  3. #bf8bf9
  4. #e7d4fd
  5. #f4ecfe

Shades

#bf8bf9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bf8bf9
  2. #ac7de0
  3. #996fc7
  4. #8661ae
  5. #735395
  6. #60467d
  7. #4c3864
  8. #392a4b
  9. #261c32
  10. #130e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#bf8bf9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bf8bf9
  2. #c597fa
  3. #cca2fa
  4. #d2aefb
  5. #d9b9fb
  6. #dfc5fc
  7. #e5d1fd
  8. #ecdcfd
  9. #f2e8fe
  10. #f9f3fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bf8bf9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bf8bf9
  2. #b98aed
  3. #b289e1
  4. #ac88d5
  5. #a687c9
  6. #a086bd
  7. #9984b0
  8. #9383a4
  9. #8d8298
  10. #86818c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af9acb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6ea1fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ba3f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b69db6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9599fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9b9af7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b996d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bf8bf9 {
  color: #bf8bf9;
}
Background
.bg-bf8bf9 {
  background-color: #bf8bf9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bf8bf9 {
  border: 2px solid #bf8bf9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bf8bf9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 139 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 90% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bf8bf9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bf8bf9, #f68bf9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bf8bf9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 139 249 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.32 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.47 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.85 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.88 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.49 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.63 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.66 #407406 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bf8bf9  rgb(191, 139, 249)  hsl(268, 90%, 76%)  Floral Lavender
#c5f98b  rgb(197, 249, 139)  hsl(88, 90%, 76%)  Inchworm
#f9bf8b  rgb(249, 191, 139)  hsl(28, 90%, 76%)  Peach Orange
#8bf9bf  rgb(139, 249, 191)  hsl(148, 90%, 76%)  Aquamarine