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#C97AEA

#c97aea ≈ Floral Lavender

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c97aea is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 47.84% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.1% cyan, 47.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 282.32°, with 72.73% saturation and 69.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 3.98.

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Relative luminance0.3228

Complementary

  1. #c97aea
  2. #9bea7a

Split complementary

  1. #c97aea
  2. #d3ea7a
  3. #7aea91

Analogous

  1. #917aea
  2. #c97aea
  3. #ea7ad3

Triadic

  1. #c97aea
  2. #eac97a
  3. #7aeac9

Tetradic

  1. #c97aea
  2. #ea7a9b
  3. #9bea7a
  4. #7aeac9

Square

  1. #c97aea
  2. #ea917a
  3. #9bea7a
  4. #7ad3ea

Monochromatic

  1. #841caf
  2. #ae38e0
  3. #c97aea
  4. #e4bcf4
  5. #f8edfc

Shades

#c97aea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c97aea
  2. #b56ed3
  3. #a162bb
  4. #8d55a4
  5. #79498c
  6. #653d75
  7. #50315e
  8. #3c2546
  9. #28182f
  10. #140c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#c97aea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c97aea
  2. #ce87ec
  3. #d495ee
  4. #d9a2f0
  5. #dfaff2
  6. #e4bdf5
  7. #e9caf7
  8. #efd7f9
  9. #f4e4fb
  10. #faf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c97aea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c97aea
  2. #c27bdf
  3. #ba7bd5
  4. #b37cca
  5. #ac7cc0
  6. #a57db5
  7. #9d7eaa
  8. #967ea0
  9. #8f7f95
  10. #877f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af8ebf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6395ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9ce7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c78ba7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #978bec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a090e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c884c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c97aea {
  color: #c97aea;
}
Background
.bg-c97aea {
  background-color: #c97aea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c97aea {
  border: 2px solid #c97aea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c97aea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 122 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 73% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c97aea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c97aea, #ea7ad3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c97aea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 122 234 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 3.98 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 4.19 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 5.68 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 7.04 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 8.59 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.38 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.69 #368515 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#c97aea  rgb(201, 122, 234)  hsl(282, 73%, 70%)  Floral Lavender
#9bea7a  rgb(155, 234, 122)  hsl(102, 73%, 70%)  Light Green
#eac97a  rgb(234, 201, 122)  hsl(42, 73%, 70%)  Jasmine
#7aeac9  rgb(122, 234, 201)  hsl(162, 73%, 70%)  Aquamarine