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#A97EDE

#a97ede ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a97ede is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 49.41% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.87% cyan, 43.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 266.88°, with 59.26% saturation and 68.24% 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 6.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 2.77.

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Web safe#9966cc
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Relative luminance0.2863

Complementary

  1. #a97ede
  2. #b3de7e

Split complementary

  1. #a97ede
  2. #ded97e
  3. #83de7e

Analogous

  1. #7e83de
  2. #a97ede
  3. #d97ede

Triadic

  1. #a97ede
  2. #dea97e
  3. #7edea9

Tetradic

  1. #a97ede
  2. #de7eb3
  3. #b3de7e
  4. #7edea9

Square

  1. #a97ede
  2. #de7e83
  3. #b3de7e
  4. #7eded9

Monochromatic

  1. #5c289b
  2. #8041ce
  3. #a97ede
  4. #d2bbee
  5. #f4effb

Shades

#a97ede mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a97ede
  2. #9871c8
  3. #8765b2
  4. #76589b
  5. #654c85
  6. #553f6f
  7. #443259
  8. #332643
  9. #22192c
  10. #110d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#a97ede mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a97ede
  2. #b28be1
  3. #ba98e5
  4. #c3a5e8
  5. #cbb2eb
  6. #d4bfef
  7. #ddcbf2
  8. #e5d8f5
  9. #eee5f8
  10. #f6f2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a97ede mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a97ede
  2. #a57ed5
  3. #a17ecb
  4. #9d7fc2
  5. #997fb8
  6. #957faf
  7. #907fa6
  8. #8c7f9c
  9. #888093
  10. #848089
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c8ab5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6591e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f92db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a08ea3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #868ae0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a8add ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a488be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a97ede {
  color: #a97ede;
}
Background
.bg-a97ede {
  background-color: #a97ede;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a97ede {
  border: 2px solid #a97ede;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a97ede;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 126 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 267 59% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a97ede {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a97ede, #d97ede);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a97ede {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 126 222 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 2.77 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.83 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.52 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 7.62 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.92 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.49 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.71 #568121 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#a97ede  rgb(169, 126, 222)  hsl(267, 59%, 68%)  Floral Lavender
#b3de7e  rgb(179, 222, 126)  hsl(87, 59%, 68%)  Inchworm
#dea97e  rgb(222, 169, 126)  hsl(27, 59%, 68%)  Tumbleweed
#7edea9  rgb(126, 222, 169)  hsl(147, 59%, 68%)  Seafoam Green