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#CB85E6

#cb85e6 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#cb85e6 is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.61% red, 52.16% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.74% cyan, 42.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 283.3°, with 65.99% saturation and 71.18% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 4.38.

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Relative luminance0.3518

Complementary

  1. #cb85e6
  2. #a0e685

Split complementary

  1. #cb85e6
  2. #d1e685
  3. #85e69b

Analogous

  1. #9b85e6
  2. #cb85e6
  3. #e685d1

Triadic

  1. #cb85e6
  2. #e6cb85
  3. #85e6cb

Tetradic

  1. #cb85e6
  2. #e685a0
  3. #a0e685
  4. #85e6cb

Square

  1. #cb85e6
  2. #e69b85
  3. #a0e685
  4. #85d1e6

Monochromatic

  1. #8824ae
  2. #b046d9
  3. #cb85e6
  4. #e6c5f3
  5. #f8eefc

Shades

#cb85e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cb85e6
  2. #b778cf
  3. #a26ab8
  4. #8e5da1
  5. #7a508a
  6. #664373
  7. #51355c
  8. #3d2845
  9. #291b2e
  10. #140d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#cb85e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cb85e6
  2. #d091e9
  3. #d59deb
  4. #dbaaee
  5. #e0b6f0
  6. #e5c2f3
  7. #eacef5
  8. #efdaf8
  9. #f5e7fa
  10. #faf3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cb85e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cb85e6
  2. #c485dc
  3. #bc84d2
  4. #b584c7
  5. #ad83bd
  6. #a683b3
  7. #9e82a9
  8. #97829f
  9. #8f8194
  10. #88818a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b396c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #749cea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87a2e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca92ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9f93e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a697e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ca8dc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cb85e6 {
  color: #cb85e6;
}
Background
.bg-cb85e6 {
  background-color: #cb85e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cb85e6 {
  border: 2px solid #cb85e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cb85e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 203 133 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 283 66% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cb85e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cb85e6, #e685d1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cb85e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(203 133 230 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.38 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 5.78 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 6.03 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 6.12 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.35 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 8.48 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 9.09 #347a19 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#cb85e6  rgb(203, 133, 230)  hsl(283, 66%, 71%)  Floral Lavender
#a0e685  rgb(160, 230, 133)  hsl(103, 66%, 71%)  Light Green
#e6cb85  rgb(230, 203, 133)  hsl(43, 66%, 71%)  Buff
#85e6cb  rgb(133, 230, 203)  hsl(163, 66%, 71%)  Magic Mint