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#B299FE

#b299fe ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b299fe is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 60% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.92% cyan, 39.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 254.85°, with 98.06% saturation and 79.8% 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 8.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 9.2.

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Relative luminance0.394

Complementary

  1. #b299fe
  2. #e5fe99

Split complementary

  1. #b299fe
  2. #fee499
  3. #b2fe99

Analogous

  1. #99b2fe
  2. #b299fe
  3. #e499fe

Triadic

  1. #b299fe
  2. #feb299
  3. #99feb2

Tetradic

  1. #b299fe
  2. #fe99e5
  3. #e5fe99
  4. #99feb2

Square

  1. #b299fe
  2. #fe99b2
  3. #e5fe99
  4. #99fee4

Monochromatic

  1. #4002fc
  2. #794dfd
  3. #b299fe
  4. #ebe5ff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#b299fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b299fe
  2. #a08ae5
  3. #8e7acb
  4. #7d6bb2
  5. #6b5c98
  6. #594d7f
  7. #473d66
  8. #352e4c
  9. #241f33
  10. #120f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#b299fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b299fe
  2. #baa3fe
  3. #c1adfe
  4. #c9b8fe
  5. #d1c2fe
  6. #d9ccff
  7. #e0d6ff
  8. #e8e0ff
  9. #f0ebff
  10. #f7f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b299fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b299fe
  2. #ad97f1
  3. #a894e5
  4. #a392d8
  5. #9e8fcc
  6. #998dbf
  7. #948ab2
  8. #8f88a6
  9. #8a8599
  10. #85838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aca3d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7caaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7fa7fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1abbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94a3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96a2fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8a4db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b299fe {
  color: #b299fe;
}
Background
.bg-b299fe {
  background-color: #b299fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b299fe {
  border: 2px solid #b299fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b299fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 153 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 255 98% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b299fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b299fe, #e499fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b299fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 153 254 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.20 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.47 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.53 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.42 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.28 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 12.58 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 13.00 #4d6601 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b299fe  rgb(178, 153, 254)  hsl(255, 98%, 80%)  Floral Lavender
#e5fe99  rgb(229, 254, 153)  hsl(75, 98%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#feb299  rgb(254, 178, 153)  hsl(15, 98%, 80%)  Vivid Tangerine
#99feb2  rgb(153, 254, 178)  hsl(135, 98%, 80%)  Pale Green