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#CA74EA

#ca74ea ≈ Heliotrope

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ca74ea is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 45.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.68% cyan, 50.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 283.73°, with 73.75% saturation and 68.63% 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 7.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 3.93.

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Relative luminance0.3099

Complementary

  1. #ca74ea
  2. #94ea74

Split complementary

  1. #ca74ea
  2. #cfea74
  3. #74ea8f

Analogous

  1. #8f74ea
  2. #ca74ea
  3. #ea74cf

Triadic

  1. #ca74ea
  2. #eaca74
  3. #74eaca

Tetradic

  1. #ca74ea
  2. #ea7494
  3. #94ea74
  4. #74eaca

Square

  1. #ca74ea
  2. #ea8f74
  3. #94ea74
  4. #74cfea

Monochromatic

  1. #841aab
  2. #b132e0
  3. #ca74ea
  4. #e3b6f4
  5. #f8edfc

Shades

#ca74ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca74ea
  2. #b668d3
  3. #a25dbb
  4. #8d51a4
  5. #79468c
  6. #653a75
  7. #512e5e
  8. #3d2346
  9. #28172f
  10. #140c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca74ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca74ea
  2. #cf82ec
  3. #d590ee
  4. #da9ef0
  5. #dfacf2
  6. #e5baf5
  7. #eac7f7
  8. #efd5f9
  9. #f4e3fb
  10. #faf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca74ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca74ea
  2. #c375df
  3. #bb76d5
  4. #b478ca
  5. #ac79c0
  6. #a57ab5
  7. #9e7baa
  8. #967ca0
  9. #8f7e95
  10. #877f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae8abe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5b92ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #769ae7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c986a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9587ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9e8ce8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c97fc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca74ea {
  color: #ca74ea;
}
Background
.bg-ca74ea {
  background-color: #ca74ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca74ea {
  border: 2px solid #ca74ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca74ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 116 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 74% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca74ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca74ea, #ea74cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca74ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 116 234 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 3.93 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.65 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 5.39 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 7.47 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.25 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 8.66 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.29 #358b15 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#ca74ea  rgb(202, 116, 234)  hsl(284, 74%, 69%)  Heliotrope
#94ea74  rgb(148, 234, 116)  hsl(104, 74%, 69%)  Light Green
#eaca74  rgb(234, 202, 116)  hsl(44, 74%, 69%)  Jasmine
#74eaca  rgb(116, 234, 202)  hsl(164, 74%, 69%)  Aquamarine