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#BF73FA

#bf73fa ≈ Heliotrope

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bf73fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 45.1% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.6% cyan, 54% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 273.78°, with 93.1% saturation and 71.57% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 5.49.

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Relative luminance0.3024

Complementary

  1. #bf73fa
  2. #aefa73

Split complementary

  1. #bf73fa
  2. #f1fa73
  3. #73fa7c

Analogous

  1. #7c73fa
  2. #bf73fa
  3. #fa73f1

Triadic

  1. #bf73fa
  2. #fabf73
  3. #73fabf

Tetradic

  1. #bf73fa
  2. #fa73ae
  3. #aefa73
  4. #73fabf

Square

  1. #bf73fa
  2. #fa7c73
  3. #aefa73
  4. #73f1fa

Monochromatic

  1. #7607cd
  2. #9d29f7
  3. #bf73fa
  4. #e1bdfd
  5. #f6ebfe

Shades

#bf73fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bf73fa
  2. #ac68e1
  3. #995cc8
  4. #8651af
  5. #734596
  6. #603a7d
  7. #4c2e64
  8. #39234b
  9. #261732
  10. #130c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#bf73fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bf73fa
  2. #c581fb
  3. #cc8ffb
  4. #d29dfc
  5. #d9abfc
  6. #dfb9fd
  7. #e5c7fd
  8. #ecd5fe
  9. #f2e3fe
  10. #f9f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bf73fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bf73fa
  2. #b974ee
  3. #b276e2
  4. #ac77d5
  5. #a678c9
  6. #a07abd
  7. #997bb1
  8. #937ca5
  9. #8d7d98
  10. #867f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a889c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4892fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6296f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b68bac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8887fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #908af8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ba82d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bf73fa {
  color: #bf73fa;
}
Background
.bg-bf73fa {
  background-color: #bf73fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bf73fa {
  border: 2px solid #bf73fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bf73fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 115 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 93% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bf73fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bf73fa, #fa73f1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bf73fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 115 250 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 5.49 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.56 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 8.60 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.94 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.11 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.52 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 10.49 #408c05 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#bf73fa  rgb(191, 115, 250)  hsl(274, 93%, 72%)  Heliotrope
#aefa73  rgb(174, 250, 115)  hsl(94, 93%, 72%)  Inchworm
#fabf73  rgb(250, 191, 115)  hsl(34, 93%, 72%)  Topaz
#73fabf  rgb(115, 250, 191)  hsl(154, 93%, 72%)  Aquamarine