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#C494FA

#c494fa ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c494fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 58.04% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.6% cyan, 40.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 268.24°, with 91.07% saturation and 78.04% 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 8.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 6.79.

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Relative luminance0.3982

Complementary

  1. #c494fa
  2. #cafa94

Split complementary

  1. #c494fa
  2. #faf794
  3. #97fa94

Analogous

  1. #9497fa
  2. #c494fa
  3. #f794fa

Triadic

  1. #c494fa
  2. #fac494
  3. #94fac4

Tetradic

  1. #c494fa
  2. #fa94ca
  3. #cafa94
  4. #94fac4

Square

  1. #c494fa
  2. #fa9497
  3. #cafa94
  4. #94faf7

Monochromatic

  1. #740bea
  2. #9c4bf7
  3. #c494fa
  4. #ecddfd
  5. #f4ecfe

Shades

#c494fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c494fa
  2. #b085e1
  3. #9d76c8
  4. #8968af
  5. #765996
  6. #624a7d
  7. #4e3b64
  8. #3b2c4b
  9. #271e32
  10. #140f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#c494fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c494fa
  2. #ca9ffb
  3. #d0a9fb
  4. #d6b4fc
  5. #dcbffc
  6. #e2cafd
  7. #e7d4fd
  8. #eddffe
  9. #f3eafe
  10. #f9f4ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c494fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c494fa
  2. #bd92ee
  3. #b690e2
  4. #b08ed5
  5. #a98cc9
  6. #a28abd
  7. #9b88b1
  8. #9486a5
  9. #8e8498
  10. #87828c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5a1cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca8fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86a9f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bba4bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ea0fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3a1f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf9ed7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c494fa {
  color: #c494fa;
}
Background
.bg-c494fa {
  background-color: #c494fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c494fa {
  border: 2px solid #c494fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c494fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 148 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 91% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c494fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c494fa, #f794fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c494fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 148 250 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.79 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 8.22 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.23 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 8.65 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.73 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 10.42 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 11.46 #3b6b05 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#c494fa  rgb(196, 148, 250)  hsl(268, 91%, 78%)  Floral Lavender
#cafa94  rgb(202, 250, 148)  hsl(88, 91%, 78%)  Inchworm
#fac494  rgb(250, 196, 148)  hsl(28, 91%, 78%)  Peach Orange
#94fac4  rgb(148, 250, 196)  hsl(148, 91%, 78%)  Aquamarine