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#bfbbca ≈ Languid Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#bfbbca is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 73.33% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.45% cyan, 7.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 256°, with 12.4% saturation and 76.27% 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 11.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Languid Lavender (#d6cadd), ΔE 5.62.

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Relative luminance0.5088

Complementary

  1. #bfbbca
  2. #c6cabb

Split complementary

  1. #bfbbca
  2. #cac6bb
  3. #becabb

Analogous

  1. #bbbeca
  2. #bfbbca
  3. #c6bbca

Triadic

  1. #bfbbca
  2. #cabfbb
  3. #bbcabf

Tetradic

  1. #bfbbca
  2. #cabbc6
  3. #c6cabb
  4. #bbcabf

Square

  1. #bfbbca
  2. #cabbbe
  3. #c6cabb
  4. #bbcac6

Monochromatic

  1. #6f6785
  2. #9790a8
  3. #bfbbca
  4. #e7e6eb
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#bfbbca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfbbca
  2. #aca8b6
  3. #9996a2
  4. #86838d
  5. #737079
  6. #605e65
  7. #4c4b51
  8. #39383d
  9. #262528
  10. #131314
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfbbca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfbbca
  2. #c5c2cf
  3. #ccc9d5
  4. #d2cfda
  5. #d9d6df
  6. #dfdde5
  7. #e5e4ea
  8. #ecebef
  9. #f2f1f4
  10. #f9f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfbbca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfbbca
  2. #b9b5c3
  3. #b2afbb
  4. #aca9b4
  5. #a6a3ac
  6. #a09ea5
  7. #99989e
  8. #939296
  9. #8d8c8f
  10. #868687
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bebcc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8bdcb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9bdca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bdbdc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbbcca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bbbcca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bebcc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfbbca {
  color: #bfbbca;
}
Background
.bg-bfbbca {
  background-color: #bfbbca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfbbca {
  border: 2px solid #bfbbca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfbbca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 187 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 256 12% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfbbca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfbbca, #c6bbca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfbbca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 187 202 / 0.35);
}

#d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 5.62 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.85 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 8.77 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 9.53 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 9.53 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.55 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.56 #404435 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Languid Lavender
#bfbbca  rgb(191, 187, 202)  hsl(256, 12%, 76%)  Languid Lavender
#c6cabb  rgb(198, 202, 187)  hsl(76, 12%, 76%)  Ash Gray
#cabfbb  rgb(202, 191, 187)  hsl(16, 12%, 76%)  Silver
#bbcabf  rgb(187, 202, 191)  hsl(136, 12%, 76%)  Ash Gray