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#bd8dfd ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#bd8dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.12% red, 55.29% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.3% cyan, 44.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 265.71°, with 96.55% saturation and 77.25% 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 8.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 6.12.

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Relative luminance0.3696

Complementary

  1. #bd8dfd
  2. #cdfd8d

Split complementary

  1. #bd8dfd
  2. #fdf58d
  3. #95fd8d

Analogous

  1. #8d95fd
  2. #bd8dfd
  3. #f58dfd

Triadic

  1. #bd8dfd
  2. #fdbd8d
  3. #8dfdbd

Tetradic

  1. #bd8dfd
  2. #fd8dcd
  3. #cdfd8d
  4. #8dfdbd

Square

  1. #bd8dfd
  2. #fd8d95
  3. #cdfd8d
  4. #8dfdf5

Monochromatic

  1. #6804ed
  2. #9142fc
  3. #bd8dfd
  4. #e9d8fe
  5. #f3ebff

Shades

#bd8dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bd8dfd
  2. #aa7fe4
  3. #9771ca
  4. #8463b1
  5. #715598
  6. #5f477f
  7. #4c3865
  8. #392a4c
  9. #261c33
  10. #130e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#bd8dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bd8dfd
  2. #c498fd
  3. #caa4fd
  4. #d1affe
  5. #d7bbfe
  6. #dec6fe
  7. #e5d1fe
  8. #ebddfe
  9. #f2e8ff
  10. #f8f4ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bd8dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bd8dfd
  2. #b78cf1
  3. #b18ae4
  4. #ab89d8
  5. #a588cb
  6. #9f87bf
  7. #9885b2
  8. #9284a6
  9. #8c8399
  10. #86818d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae9bce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6ea3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #79a3fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2a0b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #949bff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #999bfb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b699d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bd8dfd {
  color: #bd8dfd;
}
Background
.bg-bd8dfd {
  background-color: #bd8dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bd8dfd {
  border: 2px solid #bd8dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bd8dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 189 141 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 266 97% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bd8dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bd8dfd, #f58dfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bd8dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(189 141 253 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.12 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.22 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.26 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.56 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.68 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.79 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 11.62 #427202 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#bd8dfd  rgb(189, 141, 253)  hsl(266, 97%, 77%)  Floral Lavender
#cdfd8d  rgb(205, 253, 141)  hsl(86, 97%, 77%)  Inchworm
#fdbd8d  rgb(253, 189, 141)  hsl(26, 97%, 77%)  Peach Orange
#8dfdbd  rgb(141, 253, 189)  hsl(146, 97%, 77%)  Aquamarine