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#B296EA

#b296ea ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b296ea is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 58.82% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.93% cyan, 35.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 260°, with 66.67% saturation and 75.29% 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 8.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 7.11.

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Relative luminance0.3722

Complementary

  1. #b296ea
  2. #ceea96

Split complementary

  1. #b296ea
  2. #eadc96
  3. #a4ea96

Analogous

  1. #96a4ea
  2. #b296ea
  3. #dc96ea

Triadic

  1. #b296ea
  2. #eab296
  3. #96eab2

Tetradic

  1. #b296ea
  2. #ea96ce
  3. #ceea96
  4. #96eab2

Square

  1. #b296ea
  2. #ea96a4
  3. #ceea96
  4. #96eadc

Monochromatic

  1. #5a26c0
  2. #8356dd
  3. #b296ea
  4. #e1d6f7
  5. #f3eefc

Shades

#b296ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b296ea
  2. #a087d3
  3. #8e78bb
  4. #7d69a4
  5. #6b5a8c
  6. #594b75
  7. #473c5e
  8. #352d46
  9. #241e2f
  10. #120f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#b296ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b296ea
  2. #baa1ec
  3. #c1abee
  4. #c9b6f0
  5. #d1c0f2
  6. #d9cbf5
  7. #e0d5f7
  8. #e8e0f9
  9. #f0eafb
  10. #f7f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b296ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b296ea
  2. #ad94df
  3. #a892d5
  4. #a38fca
  5. #9e8dc0
  6. #998bb5
  7. #9489aa
  8. #8f87a0
  9. #8a8495
  10. #85828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aa9fc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81a4ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86a4e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7a4b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #979fec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a9ee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ac9ecc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b296ea {
  color: #b296ea;
}
Background
.bg-b296ea {
  background-color: #b296ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b296ea {
  border: 2px solid #b296ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b296ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 150 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 67% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b296ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b296ea, #dc96ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b296ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 150 234 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 7.11 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 7.78 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.62 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.21 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 11.34 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 11.40 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.56 #4d6915 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b296ea  rgb(178, 150, 234)  hsl(260, 67%, 75%)  Floral Lavender
#ceea96  rgb(206, 234, 150)  hsl(80, 67%, 75%)  Granny Smith Apple
#eab296  rgb(234, 178, 150)  hsl(20, 67%, 75%)  Tumbleweed
#96eab2  rgb(150, 234, 178)  hsl(140, 67%, 75%)  Celadon