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#EC6AFA

#ec6afa ≈ Heliotrope

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#ec6afa is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 41.57% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 5.6% cyan, 57.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 294.17°, with 93.51% saturation and 69.8% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 2.67.

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Web safe#ff66ff
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Relative luminance0.3504

Complementary

  1. #ec6afa
  2. #78fa6a

Split complementary

  1. #ec6afa
  2. #c0fa6a
  3. #6afaa4

Analogous

  1. #a46afa
  2. #ec6afa
  3. #fa6ac0

Triadic

  1. #ec6afa
  2. #faec6a
  3. #6afaec

Tetradic

  1. #ec6afa
  2. #fa6a78
  3. #78fa6a
  4. #6afaec

Square

  1. #ec6afa
  2. #faa46a
  3. #78fa6a
  4. #6ac0fa

Monochromatic

  1. #b207c4
  2. #e320f8
  3. #ec6afa
  4. #f5b4fc
  5. #fcebfe

Shades

#ec6afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec6afa
  2. #d45fe1
  3. #bd55c8
  4. #a54aaf
  5. #8e4096
  6. #76357d
  7. #5e2a64
  8. #47204b
  9. #2f1532
  10. #180b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec6afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec6afa
  2. #ee79fb
  3. #f088fb
  4. #f297fc
  5. #f4a6fc
  6. #f6b5fd
  7. #f7c3fd
  8. #f9d2fe
  9. #fbe1fe
  10. #fdf0ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec6afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec6afa
  2. #e16cee
  3. #d66ee2
  4. #cc71d5
  5. #c173c9
  6. #b675bd
  7. #ab77b1
  8. #a079a5
  9. #967c98
  10. #8b7e8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c38dca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5296fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #80a5f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f07ea8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a786fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b591f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ee77ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec6afa {
  color: #ec6afa;
}
Background
.bg-ec6afa {
  background-color: #ec6afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec6afa {
  border: 2px solid #ec6afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec6afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 106 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 294 94% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec6afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec6afa, #fa6ac0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec6afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 106 250 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 2.67 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 4.25 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 5.28 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 5.61 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 7.56 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 7.56 #ff66cc Rose Pink ΔE 9.28 #139505 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#ec6afa  rgb(236, 106, 250)  hsl(294, 94%, 70%)  Heliotrope
#78fa6a  rgb(120, 250, 106)  hsl(114, 94%, 70%)  Mint Green
#faec6a  rgb(250, 236, 106)  hsl(54, 94%, 70%)  Icterine
#6afaec  rgb(106, 250, 236)  hsl(174, 94%, 70%)  Turquoise Blue