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#C490FA

#c490fa ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c490fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 56.47% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.6% cyan, 42.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 269.43°, with 91.38% 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 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 6.14.

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Relative luminance0.3858

Complementary

  1. #c490fa
  2. #c6fa90

Split complementary

  1. #c490fa
  2. #faf990
  3. #91fa90

Analogous

  1. #9091fa
  2. #c490fa
  3. #f990fa

Triadic

  1. #c490fa
  2. #fac490
  3. #90fac4

Tetradic

  1. #c490fa
  2. #fa90c6
  3. #c6fa90
  4. #90fac4

Square

  1. #c490fa
  2. #fa9091
  3. #c6fa90
  4. #90faf9

Monochromatic

  1. #760ae7
  2. #9d47f7
  3. #c490fa
  4. #ebd9fd
  5. #f5ebfe

Shades

#c490fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c490fa
  2. #b082e1
  3. #9d73c8
  4. #8965af
  5. #765696
  6. #62487d
  7. #4e3a64
  8. #3b2b4b
  9. #271d32
  10. #140e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#c490fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c490fa
  2. #ca9bfb
  3. #d0a6fb
  4. #d6b1fc
  5. #dcbcfc
  6. #e2c8fd
  7. #e7d3fd
  8. #eddefe
  9. #f3e9fe
  10. #f9f4ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c490fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c490fa
  2. #bd8eee
  3. #b68de2
  4. #b08bd5
  5. #a98ac9
  6. #a288bd
  7. #9b86b1
  8. #9485a5
  9. #8e8398
  10. #87828c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b39ece ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #76a5fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #82a7f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bca1b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9b9dfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a19ef8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf9bd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c490fa {
  color: #c490fa;
}
Background
.bg-c490fa {
  background-color: #c490fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c490fa {
  border: 2px solid #c490fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c490fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 144 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 269 91% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c490fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c490fa, #f990fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c490fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 144 250 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.14 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 7.77 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.82 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.02 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.31 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 10.78 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.82 #3b6f05 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#c490fa  rgb(196, 144, 250)  hsl(269, 91%, 77%)  Floral Lavender
#c6fa90  rgb(198, 250, 144)  hsl(89, 91%, 77%)  Inchworm
#fac490  rgb(250, 196, 144)  hsl(29, 91%, 77%)  Peach Orange
#90fac4  rgb(144, 250, 196)  hsl(149, 91%, 77%)  Aquamarine