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#CA6CFA

#ca6cfa ≈ Heliotrope

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ca6cfa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 42.35% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.2% cyan, 56.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 279.72°, with 93.42% saturation and 70.2% 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 7.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 4.05.

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Relative luminance0.3018

Complementary

  1. #ca6cfa
  2. #9cfa6c

Split complementary

  1. #ca6cfa
  2. #e3fa6c
  3. #6cfa83

Analogous

  1. #836cfa
  2. #ca6cfa
  3. #fa6ce3

Triadic

  1. #ca6cfa
  2. #faca6c
  3. #6cfaca

Tetradic

  1. #ca6cfa
  2. #fa6c9c
  3. #9cfa6c
  4. #6cfaca

Square

  1. #ca6cfa
  2. #fa836c
  3. #9cfa6c
  4. #6ce3fa

Monochromatic

  1. #8607c6
  2. #af22f7
  3. #ca6cfa
  4. #e5b6fd
  5. #f8ebfe

Shades

#ca6cfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca6cfa
  2. #b661e1
  3. #a256c8
  4. #8d4caf
  5. #794196
  6. #65367d
  7. #512b64
  8. #3d204b
  9. #281632
  10. #140b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca6cfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca6cfa
  2. #cf7bfb
  3. #d589fb
  4. #da98fc
  5. #dfa7fc
  6. #e5b6fd
  7. #eac4fd
  8. #efd3fe
  9. #f4e2fe
  10. #faf0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca6cfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca6cfa
  2. #c36eee
  3. #bb70e2
  4. #b472d5
  5. #ac74c9
  6. #a576bd
  7. #9e78b1
  8. #967aa5
  9. #8f7c98
  10. #877e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ad87c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4090ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6497f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c585a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8d83fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9888f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c77ccf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca6cfa {
  color: #ca6cfa;
}
Background
.bg-ca6cfa {
  background-color: #ca6cfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca6cfa {
  border: 2px solid #ca6cfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca6cfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 108 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 93% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca6cfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca6cfa, #fa6ce3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca6cfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 108 250 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 4.05 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.61 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.78 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.08 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 9.44 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.60 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.60 #359305 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#ca6cfa  rgb(202, 108, 250)  hsl(280, 93%, 70%)  Heliotrope
#9cfa6c  rgb(156, 250, 108)  hsl(100, 93%, 70%)  Inchworm
#faca6c  rgb(250, 202, 108)  hsl(40, 93%, 70%)  Topaz
#6cfaca  rgb(108, 250, 202)  hsl(160, 93%, 70%)  Aquamarine