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#C97FF2

#c97ff2 ≈ Heliotrope

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c97ff2 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 49.8% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.94% cyan, 47.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 278.61°, with 81.56% saturation and 72.35% 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 4.21.

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Relative luminance0.3401

Complementary

  1. #c97ff2
  2. #a8f27f

Split complementary

  1. #c97ff2
  2. #e1f27f
  3. #7ff28f

Analogous

  1. #8f7ff2
  2. #c97ff2
  3. #f27fe1

Triadic

  1. #c97ff2
  2. #f2c97f
  3. #7ff2c9

Tetradic

  1. #c97ff2
  2. #f27fa8
  3. #a8f27f
  4. #7ff2c9

Square

  1. #c97ff2
  2. #f28f7f
  3. #a8f27f
  4. #7fe1f2

Monochromatic

  1. #8514c4
  2. #ac3aeb
  3. #c97ff2
  4. #e6c4f9
  5. #f7ecfd

Shades

#c97ff2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c97ff2
  2. #b572da
  3. #a166c2
  4. #8d59a9
  5. #794c91
  6. #654079
  7. #503361
  8. #3c2649
  9. #281930
  10. #140d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#c97ff2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c97ff2
  2. #ce8cf3
  3. #d499f5
  4. #d9a5f6
  5. #dfb2f7
  6. #e4bff9
  7. #e9ccfa
  8. #efd9fb
  9. #f4e5fc
  10. #faf2fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c97ff2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c97ff2
  2. #c27fe7
  3. #ba7fdb
  4. #b37fd0
  5. #ac7fc4
  6. #a580b9
  7. #9d80ae
  8. #9680a2
  9. #8f8097
  10. #87808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b192c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #659af6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9fef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c591ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9890f4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a093f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c78acc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c97ff2 {
  color: #c97ff2;
}
Background
.bg-c97ff2 {
  background-color: #c97ff2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c97ff2 {
  border: 2px solid #c97ff2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c97ff2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 127 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 82% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c97ff2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c97ff2, #f27fe1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c97ff2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 127 242 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 4.21 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.32 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.08 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 7.27 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 8.68 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 10.73 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 10.77 #36800d Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#c97ff2  rgb(201, 127, 242)  hsl(279, 82%, 72%)  Heliotrope
#a8f27f  rgb(168, 242, 127)  hsl(99, 82%, 72%)  Pale Green
#f2c97f  rgb(242, 201, 127)  hsl(39, 82%, 72%)  Topaz
#7ff2c9  rgb(127, 242, 201)  hsl(159, 82%, 72%)  Aquamarine