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#C359FA

#c359fa ≈ Medium Orchid

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#c359fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.47% red, 34.9% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22% cyan, 64.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 279.5°, with 94.15% saturation and 66.47% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Orchid (#ba55d3), ΔE 5.9.

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Relative luminance0.2565

Complementary

  1. #c359fa
  2. #90fa59

Split complementary

  1. #c359fa
  2. #e1fa59
  3. #59fa72

Analogous

  1. #7259fa
  2. #c359fa
  3. #fa59e1

Triadic

  1. #c359fa
  2. #fac359
  3. #59fac3

Tetradic

  1. #c359fa
  2. #fa5990
  3. #90fa59
  4. #59fac3

Square

  1. #c359fa
  2. #fa7259
  3. #90fa59
  4. #59e1fa

Monochromatic

  1. #7905b5
  2. #a80ff8
  3. #c359fa
  4. #dea3fc
  5. #f8ebfe

Shades

#c359fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c359fa
  2. #b050e1
  3. #9c47c8
  4. #893eaf
  5. #753596
  6. #622d7d
  7. #4e2464
  8. #3b1b4b
  9. #271232
  10. #140919
  11. #000000

Tints

#c359fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c359fa
  2. #c96afb
  3. #cf7afb
  4. #d58bfc
  5. #db9bfc
  6. #e1acfd
  7. #e7bdfd
  8. #edcdfe
  9. #f3defe
  10. #f9eeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c359fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c359fa
  2. #bc5dee
  3. #b661e2
  4. #af65d5
  5. #a869c9
  6. #a26dbd
  7. #9b70b1
  8. #9474a5
  9. #8d7898
  10. #877c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a47ac1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0085ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4a8df6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd79a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f76fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8b7bf8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf6ecb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c359fa {
  color: #c359fa;
}
Background
.bg-c359fa {
  background-color: #c359fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c359fa {
  border: 2px solid #c359fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c359fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 195 89 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 94% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c359fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c359fa, #fa59e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c359fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(195 89 250 / 0.35);
}

#ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.90 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.68 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 8.87 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 8.87 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 8.97 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.03 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 9.16 #3ca605 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Medium Orchid
#c359fa  rgb(195, 89, 250)  hsl(280, 94%, 66%)  Medium Orchid
#90fa59  rgb(144, 250, 89)  hsl(100, 94%, 66%)  Lawn Green
#fac359  rgb(250, 195, 89)  hsl(40, 94%, 66%)  Meat Brown
#59fac3  rgb(89, 250, 195)  hsl(160, 94%, 66%)  Aquamarine