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#BB8AEE

#bb8aee ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bb8aee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 54.12% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.43% cyan, 42.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 269.4°, with 74.63% saturation and 73.73% 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 7.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.96.

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Relative luminance0.3491

Complementary

  1. #bb8aee
  2. #bdee8a

Split complementary

  1. #bb8aee
  2. #eeed8a
  3. #8bee8a

Analogous

  1. #8a8bee
  2. #bb8aee
  3. #ed8aee

Triadic

  1. #bb8aee
  2. #eebb8a
  3. #8aeebb

Tetradic

  1. #bb8aee
  2. #ee8abd
  3. #bdee8a
  4. #8aeebb

Square

  1. #bb8aee
  2. #ee8a8b
  3. #bdee8a
  4. #8aeeed

Monochromatic

  1. #6e1cc3
  2. #9447e4
  3. #bb8aee
  4. #e2cdf8
  5. #f5edfc

Shades

#bb8aee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb8aee
  2. #a87cd6
  3. #966ebe
  4. #8361a7
  5. #70538f
  6. #5e4577
  7. #4b375f
  8. #382947
  9. #251c30
  10. #130e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb8aee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb8aee
  2. #c296f0
  3. #c9a1f1
  4. #cfadf3
  5. #d6b9f5
  6. #ddc5f7
  7. #e4d0f8
  8. #ebdcfa
  9. #f1e8fc
  10. #f8f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb8aee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb8aee
  2. #b589e3
  3. #af88d8
  4. #a987cd
  5. #a386c2
  6. #9e85b7
  7. #9884ac
  8. #9283a1
  9. #8c8296
  10. #86818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab97c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #729ef2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7da0eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b39ab1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9596f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a98ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b694cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb8aee {
  color: #bb8aee;
}
Background
.bg-bb8aee {
  background-color: #bb8aee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb8aee {
  border: 2px solid #bb8aee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb8aee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 138 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 75% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb8aee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb8aee, #ed8aee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb8aee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 138 238 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.96 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.96 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.99 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.85 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.99 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.03 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.61 #447511 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bb8aee  rgb(187, 138, 238)  hsl(269, 75%, 74%)  Floral Lavender
#bdee8a  rgb(189, 238, 138)  hsl(89, 75%, 74%)  Inchworm
#eebb8a  rgb(238, 187, 138)  hsl(29, 75%, 74%)  Burly Wood
#8aeebb  rgb(138, 238, 187)  hsl(149, 75%, 74%)  Aquamarine