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#C76AFA

#c76afa ≈ Heliotrope

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#c76afa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.04% red, 41.57% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.4% cyan, 57.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 278.75°, with 93.51% saturation and 69.8% 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 6.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 4.76.

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Relative luminance0.2935

Complementary

  1. #c76afa
  2. #9dfa6a

Split complementary

  1. #c76afa
  2. #e5fa6a
  3. #6afa7f

Analogous

  1. #7f6afa
  2. #c76afa
  3. #fa6ae5

Triadic

  1. #c76afa
  2. #fac76a
  3. #6afac7

Tetradic

  1. #c76afa
  2. #fa6a9d
  3. #9dfa6a
  4. #6afac7

Square

  1. #c76afa
  2. #fa7f6a
  3. #9dfa6a
  4. #6ae5fa

Monochromatic

  1. #8107c4
  2. #ab20f8
  3. #c76afa
  4. #e3b4fc
  5. #f8ebfe

Shades

#c76afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c76afa
  2. #b35fe1
  3. #9f55c8
  4. #8b4aaf
  5. #774096
  6. #64357d
  7. #502a64
  8. #3c204b
  9. #281532
  10. #140b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#c76afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c76afa
  2. #cd79fb
  3. #d288fb
  4. #d897fc
  5. #dda6fc
  6. #e3b5fd
  7. #e9c3fd
  8. #eed2fe
  9. #f4e1fe
  10. #f9f0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c76afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c76afa
  2. #c06cee
  3. #b96ee2
  4. #b271d5
  5. #ab73c9
  6. #a475bd
  7. #9c77b1
  8. #9579a5
  9. #8e7c98
  10. #877e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aa85c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3a8fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6095f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c184a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8a82fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9486f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c47ace ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c76afa {
  color: #c76afa;
}
Background
.bg-c76afa {
  background-color: #c76afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c76afa {
  border: 2px solid #c76afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c76afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 199 106 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 94% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c76afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c76afa, #fa6ae5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c76afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(199 106 250 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 4.76 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.76 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.69 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.25 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.69 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.69 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.76 #389505 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#c76afa  rgb(199, 106, 250)  hsl(279, 94%, 70%)  Heliotrope
#9dfa6a  rgb(157, 250, 106)  hsl(99, 94%, 70%)  Inchworm
#fac76a  rgb(250, 199, 106)  hsl(39, 94%, 70%)  Topaz
#6afac7  rgb(106, 250, 199)  hsl(159, 94%, 70%)  Aquamarine