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#b59bfb ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b59bfb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 60.78% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.89% cyan, 38.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 256.25°, with 92.31% saturation and 79.61% 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 9.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 9.09.

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Relative luminance0.4023

Complementary

  1. #b59bfb
  2. #e1fb9b

Split complementary

  1. #b59bfb
  2. #fbe59b
  3. #b1fb9b

Analogous

  1. #9bb1fb
  2. #b59bfb
  3. #e59bfb

Triadic

  1. #b59bfb
  2. #fbb59b
  3. #9bfbb5

Tetradic

  1. #b59bfb
  2. #fb9be1
  3. #e1fb9b
  4. #9bfbb5

Square

  1. #b59bfb
  2. #fb9bb1
  3. #e1fb9b
  4. #9bfbe5

Monochromatic

  1. #490af3
  2. #7f51f8
  3. #b59bfb
  4. #ebe5fe
  5. #f0ebfe

Shades

#b59bfb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b59bfb
  2. #a38ce2
  3. #917cc9
  4. #7f6db0
  5. #6d5d97
  6. #5b4e7e
  7. #483e64
  8. #362f4b
  9. #241f32
  10. #121019
  11. #000000

Tints

#b59bfb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b59bfb
  2. #bca5fb
  3. #c4affc
  4. #cbb9fc
  5. #d3c3fd
  6. #dacdfd
  7. #e1d7fd
  8. #e9e1fe
  9. #f0ebfe
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b59bfb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b59bfb
  2. #b098ef
  3. #aa96e2
  4. #a593d6
  5. #a090ca
  6. #9b8ebe
  7. #958bb1
  8. #9088a5
  9. #8b8599
  10. #85838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afa4cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81abff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84a9f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6acbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a5fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aa3fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aca5da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b59bfb {
  color: #b59bfb;
}
Background
.bg-b59bfb {
  background-color: #b59bfb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b59bfb {
  border: 2px solid #b59bfb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b59bfb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 155 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 92% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b59bfb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b59bfb, #e59bfb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b59bfb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 155 251 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.09 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.53 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.54 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.13 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 12.52 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.75 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.77 #4a6404 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b59bfb  rgb(181, 155, 251)  hsl(256, 92%, 80%)  Floral Lavender
#e1fb9b  rgb(225, 251, 155)  hsl(76, 92%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow
#fbb59b  rgb(251, 181, 155)  hsl(16, 92%, 80%)  Vivid Tangerine
#9bfbb5  rgb(155, 251, 181)  hsl(136, 92%, 80%)  Pale Green