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#b38dfd ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b38dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 55.29% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.25% cyan, 44.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 260.36°, with 96.55% saturation and 77.25% 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 8.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 6.79.

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Relative luminance0.3573

Complementary

  1. #b38dfd
  2. #d7fd8d

Split complementary

  1. #b38dfd
  2. #fdeb8d
  3. #9ffd8d

Analogous

  1. #8d9ffd
  2. #b38dfd
  3. #eb8dfd

Triadic

  1. #b38dfd
  2. #fdb38d
  3. #8dfdb3

Tetradic

  1. #b38dfd
  2. #fd8dd7
  3. #d7fd8d
  4. #8dfdb3

Square

  1. #b38dfd
  2. #fd8d9f
  3. #d7fd8d
  4. #8dfdeb

Monochromatic

  1. #5304ed
  2. #8142fc
  3. #b38dfd
  4. #e5d8fe
  5. #f2ebff

Shades

#b38dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b38dfd
  2. #a17fe4
  3. #8f71ca
  4. #7d63b1
  5. #6b5598
  6. #5a477f
  7. #483865
  8. #362a4c
  9. #241c33
  10. #120e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#b38dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b38dfd
  2. #bb98fd
  3. #c2a4fd
  4. #caaffe
  5. #d1bbfe
  6. #d9c6fe
  7. #e1d1fe
  8. #e8ddfe
  9. #f0e8ff
  10. #f7f4ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b38dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b38dfd
  2. #ae8cf1
  3. #a98ae4
  4. #a489d8
  5. #9f88cb
  6. #9a87bf
  7. #9485b2
  8. #8f84a6
  9. #8a8399
  10. #85818d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a99acd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6ba1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #73a0fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a4a1b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8e9aff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9199fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa9ad8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b38dfd {
  color: #b38dfd;
}
Background
.bg-b38dfd {
  background-color: #b38dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b38dfd {
  border: 2px solid #b38dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b38dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 141 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 260 97% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b38dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b38dfd, #eb8dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b38dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 141 253 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.79 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.88 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 9.91 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.30 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.81 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 12.65 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 12.74 #4c7202 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b38dfd  rgb(179, 141, 253)  hsl(260, 97%, 77%)  Floral Lavender
#d7fd8d  rgb(215, 253, 141)  hsl(80, 97%, 77%)  Inchworm
#fdb38d  rgb(253, 179, 141)  hsl(20, 97%, 77%)  Light Salmon
#8dfdb3  rgb(141, 253, 179)  hsl(140, 97%, 77%)  Pale Green