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#CA72FA

#ca72fa ≈ Heliotrope

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ca72fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 44.71% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.2% cyan, 54.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 278.82°, with 93.15% saturation and 71.37% 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 7.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 3.56.

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Relative luminance0.3149

Complementary

  1. #ca72fa
  2. #a2fa72

Split complementary

  1. #ca72fa
  2. #e6fa72
  3. #72fa86

Analogous

  1. #8672fa
  2. #ca72fa
  3. #fa72e6

Triadic

  1. #ca72fa
  2. #faca72
  3. #72faca

Tetradic

  1. #ca72fa
  2. #fa72a2
  3. #a2fa72
  4. #72faca

Square

  1. #ca72fa
  2. #fa8672
  3. #a2fa72
  4. #72e6fa

Monochromatic

  1. #8607cc
  2. #ae28f7
  3. #ca72fa
  4. #e6bcfd
  5. #f8ebfe

Shades

#ca72fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca72fa
  2. #b667e1
  3. #a25bc8
  4. #8d50af
  5. #794496
  6. #65397d
  7. #512e64
  8. #3d224b
  9. #281732
  10. #140b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca72fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca72fa
  2. #cf80fb
  3. #d58efb
  4. #da9cfc
  5. #dfaafc
  6. #e5b9fd
  7. #eac7fd
  8. #efd5fe
  9. #f4e3fe
  10. #faf1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca72fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca72fa
  2. #c373ee
  3. #bb75e2
  4. #b476d5
  5. #ac78c9
  6. #a579bd
  7. #9e7ab1
  8. #967ca5
  9. #8f7d98
  10. #877f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae8bc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4b94fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a9af7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c589ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9087fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a8cf8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c781d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca72fa {
  color: #ca72fa;
}
Background
.bg-ca72fa {
  background-color: #ca72fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca72fa {
  border: 2px solid #ca72fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca72fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 114 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 93% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca72fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca72fa, #fa72e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca72fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 114 250 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 3.56 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.96 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.63 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.76 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.97 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 9.16 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.33 #358d05 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#ca72fa  rgb(202, 114, 250)  hsl(279, 93%, 71%)  Heliotrope
#a2fa72  rgb(162, 250, 114)  hsl(99, 93%, 71%)  Inchworm
#faca72  rgb(250, 202, 114)  hsl(39, 93%, 71%)  Topaz
#72faca  rgb(114, 250, 202)  hsl(159, 93%, 71%)  Aquamarine