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#BC97FF

#bc97ff ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bc97ff is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 59.22% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.27% cyan, 40.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 261.35°, with 100% 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 9.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 8.02.

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Relative luminance0.4004

Complementary

  1. #bc97ff
  2. #daff97

Split complementary

  1. #bc97ff
  2. #fff097
  3. #a6ff97

Analogous

  1. #97a6ff
  2. #bc97ff
  3. #f097ff

Triadic

  1. #bc97ff
  2. #ffbc97
  3. #97ffbc

Tetradic

  1. #bc97ff
  2. #ff97da
  3. #daff97
  4. #97ffbc

Square

  1. #bc97ff
  2. #ff97a6
  3. #daff97
  4. #97fff0

Monochromatic

  1. #5a00fd
  2. #8b4bff
  3. #bc97ff
  4. #ede4ff
  5. #f2ebff

Shades

#bc97ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc97ff
  2. #a988e6
  3. #9679cc
  4. #846ab3
  5. #715b99
  6. #5e4c80
  7. #4b3c66
  8. #382d4d
  9. #261e33
  10. #130f1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc97ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc97ff
  2. #c3a1ff
  3. #c9acff
  4. #d0b6ff
  5. #d7c1ff
  6. #decbff
  7. #e4d5ff
  8. #ebe0ff
  9. #f2eaff
  10. #f8f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc97ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc97ff
  2. #b695f2
  3. #b092e6
  4. #aa90d9
  5. #a48ecc
  6. #9e8cc0
  7. #9889b3
  8. #9287a6
  9. #8c8599
  10. #86828d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1a3d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7baaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #82a9fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afa9bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99a3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9da2fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4a2dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc97ff {
  color: #bc97ff;
}
Background
.bg-bc97ff {
  background-color: #bc97ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc97ff {
  border: 2px solid #bc97ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc97ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 151 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc97ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc97ff, #f097ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc97ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 151 255 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.02 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.15 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.47 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.49 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 12.04 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 12.14 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.44 #436800 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bc97ff  rgb(188, 151, 255)  hsl(261, 100%, 80%)  Floral Lavender
#daff97  rgb(218, 255, 151)  hsl(81, 100%, 80%)  Inchworm
#ffbc97  rgb(255, 188, 151)  hsl(21, 100%, 80%)  Apricot
#97ffbc  rgb(151, 255, 188)  hsl(141, 100%, 80%)  Pale Green