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#CA85FA

#ca85fa ≈ Heliotrope

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ca85fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 52.16% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.2% cyan, 46.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 275.38°, with 92.13% saturation and 75.1% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 4.88.

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Relative luminance0.3623

Complementary

  1. #ca85fa
  2. #b5fa85

Split complementary

  1. #ca85fa
  2. #f0fa85
  3. #85fa8f

Analogous

  1. #8f85fa
  2. #ca85fa
  3. #fa85f0

Triadic

  1. #ca85fa
  2. #faca85
  3. #85faca

Tetradic

  1. #ca85fa
  2. #fa85b5
  3. #b5fa85
  4. #85faca

Square

  1. #ca85fa
  2. #fa8f85
  3. #b5fa85
  4. #85f0fa

Monochromatic

  1. #8609dd
  2. #aa3cf7
  3. #ca85fa
  4. #eacefd
  5. #f6ebfe

Shades

#ca85fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca85fa
  2. #b678e1
  3. #a26ac8
  4. #8d5daf
  5. #795096
  6. #65437d
  7. #513564
  8. #3d284b
  9. #281b32
  10. #140d19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca85fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca85fa
  2. #cf91fb
  3. #d59dfb
  4. #daaafc
  5. #dfb6fc
  6. #e5c2fd
  7. #eacefd
  8. #efdafe
  9. #f4e7fe
  10. #faf3ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca85fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca85fa
  2. #c385ee
  3. #bb84e2
  4. #b484d5
  5. #ac83c9
  6. #a583bd
  7. #9e82b1
  8. #9682a5
  9. #8f8198
  10. #87818c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b497cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #699ffe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ca3f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c498b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9995fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a198f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c691d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca85fa {
  color: #ca85fa;
}
Background
.bg-ca85fa {
  background-color: #ca85fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca85fa {
  border: 2px solid #ca85fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca85fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 133 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 92% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca85fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca85fa, #fa85f0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca85fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 133 250 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 4.88 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.32 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 7.66 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.54 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 8.94 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.38 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 10.89 #357a05 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#ca85fa  rgb(202, 133, 250)  hsl(275, 92%, 75%)  Heliotrope
#b5fa85  rgb(181, 250, 133)  hsl(95, 92%, 75%)  Inchworm
#faca85  rgb(250, 202, 133)  hsl(35, 92%, 75%)  Topaz
#85faca  rgb(133, 250, 202)  hsl(155, 92%, 75%)  Aquamarine