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#CE5AFA

#ce5afa ≈ Heliotrope

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ce5afa is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 35.29% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.6% cyan, 64% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 283.5°, with 94.12% saturation and 66.67% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 6.03.

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Relative luminance0.2734

Complementary

  1. #ce5afa
  2. #86fa5a

Split complementary

  1. #ce5afa
  2. #d6fa5a
  3. #5afa7e

Analogous

  1. #7e5afa
  2. #ce5afa
  3. #fa5ad6

Triadic

  1. #ce5afa
  2. #face5a
  3. #5aface

Tetradic

  1. #ce5afa
  2. #fa5a86
  3. #86fa5a
  4. #5aface

Square

  1. #ce5afa
  2. #fa7e5a
  3. #86fa5a
  4. #5ad6fa

Monochromatic

  1. #8505b6
  2. #b810f8
  3. #ce5afa
  4. #e4a4fc
  5. #f9ebfe

Shades

#ce5afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce5afa
  2. #b951e1
  3. #a548c8
  4. #903faf
  5. #7c3696
  6. #672d7d
  7. #522464
  8. #3e1b4b
  9. #291232
  10. #150919
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce5afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce5afa
  2. #d36bfb
  3. #d87bfb
  4. #dd8cfc
  5. #e29cfc
  6. #e7adfd
  7. #ebbdfd
  8. #f0cefe
  9. #f5defe
  10. #faefff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce5afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce5afa
  2. #c65eee
  3. #be62e2
  4. #b765d5
  5. #af69c9
  6. #a76dbd
  7. #9f71b1
  8. #9775a5
  9. #907898
  10. #887c8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ac7dc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1188ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5892f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cb78a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8978fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #967ff8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cc6dcc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce5afa {
  color: #ce5afa;
}
Background
.bg-ce5afa {
  background-color: #ce5afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce5afa {
  border: 2px solid #ce5afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce5afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 90 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 94% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce5afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce5afa, #fa5ad6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce5afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 90 250 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 6.03 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.40 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 7.41 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 7.41 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.59 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 8.97 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 10.17 #31a505 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#ce5afa  rgb(206, 90, 250)  hsl(284, 94%, 67%)  Heliotrope
#86fa5a  rgb(134, 250, 90)  hsl(104, 94%, 67%)  Lawn Green
#face5a  rgb(250, 206, 90)  hsl(44, 94%, 67%)  Sunglow
#5aface  rgb(90, 250, 206)  hsl(164, 94%, 67%)  Aquamarine