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#B97EDE

#b97ede ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b97ede is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 49.41% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.67% cyan, 43.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 276.88°, 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 0.78.

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Relative luminance0.3051

Complementary

  1. #b97ede
  2. #a3de7e

Split complementary

  1. #b97ede
  2. #d3de7e
  3. #7ede89

Analogous

  1. #897ede
  2. #b97ede
  3. #de7ed3

Triadic

  1. #b97ede
  2. #deb97e
  3. #7edeb9

Tetradic

  1. #b97ede
  2. #de7ea3
  3. #a3de7e
  4. #7edeb9

Square

  1. #b97ede
  2. #de897e
  3. #a3de7e
  4. #7ed3de

Monochromatic

  1. #6f289b
  2. #9841ce
  3. #b97ede
  4. #dabbee
  5. #f6effb

Shades

#b97ede mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b97ede
  2. #a771c8
  3. #9465b2
  4. #82589b
  5. #6f4c85
  6. #5d3f6f
  7. #4a3259
  8. #382643
  9. #25192c
  10. #130d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#b97ede mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b97ede
  2. #c08be1
  3. #c798e5
  4. #cea5e8
  5. #d5b2eb
  6. #dcbfef
  7. #e3cbf2
  8. #ead8f5
  9. #f1e5f8
  10. #f8f2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b97ede mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b97ede
  2. #b37ed5
  3. #ae7ecb
  4. #a87fc2
  5. #a27fb8
  6. #9d7faf
  7. #977fa6
  8. #917f9c
  9. #8b8093
  10. #868089
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a58db7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a93e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7997db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b58ca3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #908be0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #978edc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b787be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b97ede {
  color: #b97ede;
}
Background
.bg-b97ede {
  background-color: #b97ede;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b97ede {
  border: 2px solid #b97ede;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b97ede;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 126 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 277 59% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b97ede {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b97ede, #de7ed3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b97ede {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 126 222 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 0.78 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.38 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.45 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.64 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 8.87 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.04 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.38 #468121 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#b97ede  rgb(185, 126, 222)  hsl(277, 59%, 68%)  Floral Lavender
#a3de7e  rgb(163, 222, 126)  hsl(97, 59%, 68%)  Granny Smith Apple
#deb97e  rgb(222, 185, 126)  hsl(37, 59%, 68%)  Burly Wood
#7edeb9  rgb(126, 222, 185)  hsl(157, 59%, 68%)  Seafoam Green