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#BD85EE

#bd85ee ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bd85ee is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 52.16% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.59% cyan, 44.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 272°, with 75.54% saturation and 72.75% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.24.

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Relative luminance0.3377

Complementary

  1. #bd85ee
  2. #b6ee85

Split complementary

  1. #bd85ee
  2. #ebee85
  3. #85ee89

Analogous

  1. #8985ee
  2. #bd85ee
  3. #ee85eb

Triadic

  1. #bd85ee
  2. #eebd85
  3. #85eebd

Tetradic

  1. #bd85ee
  2. #ee85b6
  3. #b6ee85
  4. #85eebd

Square

  1. #bd85ee
  2. #ee8985
  3. #b6ee85
  4. #85ebee

Monochromatic

  1. #731bbf
  2. #9942e5
  3. #bd85ee
  4. #e1c8f7
  5. #f5edfd

Shades

#bd85ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bd85ee
  2. #aa78d6
  3. #976abe
  4. #845da7
  5. #71508f
  6. #5f4377
  7. #4c355f
  8. #392847
  9. #261b30
  10. #130d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#bd85ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bd85ee
  2. #c491f0
  3. #ca9df1
  4. #d1aaf3
  5. #d7b6f5
  6. #dec2f7
  7. #e5cef8
  8. #ebdafa
  9. #f2e7fc
  10. #f8f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bd85ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bd85ee
  2. #b785e3
  3. #b184d8
  4. #ab84cd
  5. #a583c2
  6. #9f83b7
  7. #9882ac
  8. #9282a1
  9. #8c8196
  10. #86818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab94c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6c9bf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9eeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b696ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9393f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9994ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b98fcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bd85ee {
  color: #bd85ee;
}
Background
.bg-bd85ee {
  background-color: #bd85ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bd85ee {
  border: 2px solid #bd85ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bd85ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 133 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 272 76% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bd85ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bd85ee, #ee85eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bd85ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 133 238 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.24 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 6.83 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.01 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.25 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.55 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.82 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.97 #427a11 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bd85ee  rgb(189, 133, 238)  hsl(272, 76%, 73%)  Floral Lavender
#b6ee85  rgb(182, 238, 133)  hsl(92, 76%, 73%)  Inchworm
#eebd85  rgb(238, 189, 133)  hsl(32, 76%, 73%)  Burly Wood
#85eebd  rgb(133, 238, 189)  hsl(152, 76%, 73%)  Aquamarine