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#CC72EB

#cc72eb ≈ Heliotrope

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#cc72eb is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 44.71% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.19% cyan, 51.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 284.63°, with 75.16% saturation and 68.43% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 3.68.

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Web safe#cc66ff
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Relative luminance0.3087

Complementary

  1. #cc72eb
  2. #91eb72

Split complementary

  1. #cc72eb
  2. #cdeb72
  3. #72eb8f

Analogous

  1. #8f72eb
  2. #cc72eb
  3. #eb72cd

Triadic

  1. #cc72eb
  2. #ebcc72
  3. #72ebcc

Tetradic

  1. #cc72eb
  2. #eb7291
  3. #91eb72
  4. #72ebcc

Square

  1. #cc72eb
  2. #eb8f72
  3. #91eb72
  4. #72cdeb

Monochromatic

  1. #8618ac
  2. #b42fe2
  3. #cc72eb
  4. #e4b5f5
  5. #f9edfc

Shades

#cc72eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cc72eb
  2. #b867d4
  3. #a35bbc
  4. #8f50a5
  5. #7a448d
  6. #663976
  7. #522e5e
  8. #3d2247
  9. #29172f
  10. #140b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#cc72eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cc72eb
  2. #d180ed
  3. #d68eef
  4. #db9cf1
  5. #e0aaf3
  6. #e6b9f5
  7. #ebc7f7
  8. #f0d5f9
  9. #f5e3fb
  10. #faf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cc72eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cc72eb
  2. #c473e0
  3. #bd75d6
  4. #b576cb
  5. #ae78c0
  6. #a679b6
  7. #9e7aab
  8. #977ca0
  9. #8f7d95
  10. #887f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af8abe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5991ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759ae8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb84a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9586ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9f8ce9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cb7dc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cc72eb {
  color: #cc72eb;
}
Background
.bg-cc72eb {
  background-color: #cc72eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cc72eb {
  border: 2px solid #cc72eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cc72eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 114 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 75% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cc72eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc72eb, #eb72cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cc72eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 114 235 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 3.68 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.14 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 5.26 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 7.43 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.06 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 8.44 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.13 #338d14 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#cc72eb  rgb(204, 114, 235)  hsl(285, 75%, 68%)  Heliotrope
#91eb72  rgb(145, 235, 114)  hsl(105, 75%, 68%)  Light Green
#ebcc72  rgb(235, 204, 114)  hsl(45, 75%, 68%)  Jasmine
#72ebcc  rgb(114, 235, 204)  hsl(165, 75%, 68%)  Aquamarine