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#C97FFD

#c97ffd ≈ Heliotrope

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#c97ffd 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 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.55% cyan, 49.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 275.24°, with 96.92% saturation and 74.51% 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 7.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 4.25.

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Relative luminance0.3469

Complementary

  1. #c97ffd
  2. #b3fd7f

Split complementary

  1. #c97ffd
  2. #f2fd7f
  3. #7ffd8a

Analogous

  1. #8a7ffd
  2. #c97ffd
  3. #fd7ff2

Triadic

  1. #c97ffd
  2. #fdc97f
  3. #7ffdc9

Tetradic

  1. #c97ffd
  2. #fd7fb3
  3. #b3fd7f
  4. #7ffdc9

Square

  1. #c97ffd
  2. #fd8a7f
  3. #b3fd7f
  4. #7ff2fd

Monochromatic

  1. #8503e0
  2. #a934fc
  3. #c97ffd
  4. #e9cafe
  5. #f7ebff

Shades

#c97ffd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c97ffd
  2. #b572e4
  3. #a166ca
  4. #8d59b1
  5. #794c98
  6. #65407f
  7. #503365
  8. #3c264c
  9. #281933
  10. #140d19
  11. #000000

Tints

#c97ffd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c97ffd
  2. #ce8cfd
  3. #d499fd
  4. #d9a5fe
  5. #dfb2fe
  6. #e4bffe
  7. #e9ccfe
  8. #efd9fe
  9. #f4e5ff
  10. #faf2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c97ffd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c97ffd
  2. #c27ff1
  3. #ba7fe4
  4. #b37fd8
  5. #ac7fcb
  6. #a580bf
  7. #9d80b2
  8. #9680a6
  9. #8f8099
  10. #87808d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b193cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5e9cff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #74a0fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c294b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9591ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9d94fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c58cd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c97ffd {
  color: #c97ffd;
}
Background
.bg-c97ffd {
  background-color: #c97ffd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c97ffd {
  border: 2px solid #c97ffd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c97ffd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 127 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 275 97% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c97ffd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c97ffd, #fd7ff2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c97ffd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 127 253 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 4.25 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.47 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.24 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 8.54 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 9.09 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.86 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 11.39 #368002 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#c97ffd  rgb(201, 127, 253)  hsl(275, 97%, 75%)  Heliotrope
#b3fd7f  rgb(179, 253, 127)  hsl(95, 97%, 75%)  Inchworm
#fdc97f  rgb(253, 201, 127)  hsl(35, 97%, 75%)  Topaz
#7ffdc9  rgb(127, 253, 201)  hsl(155, 97%, 75%)  Aquamarine