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#CA73FA

#ca73fa ≈ Heliotrope

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ca73fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 45.1% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.2% cyan, 54% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 278.67°, 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 3.51.

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Relative luminance0.3172

Complementary

  1. #ca73fa
  2. #a3fa73

Split complementary

  1. #ca73fa
  2. #e6fa73
  3. #73fa87

Analogous

  1. #8773fa
  2. #ca73fa
  3. #fa73e6

Triadic

  1. #ca73fa
  2. #faca73
  3. #73faca

Tetradic

  1. #ca73fa
  2. #fa73a3
  3. #a3fa73
  4. #73faca

Square

  1. #ca73fa
  2. #fa8773
  3. #a3fa73
  4. #73e6fa

Monochromatic

  1. #8707cd
  2. #ae29f7
  3. #ca73fa
  4. #e6bdfd
  5. #f8ebfe

Shades

#ca73fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca73fa
  2. #b668e1
  3. #a25cc8
  4. #8d51af
  5. #794596
  6. #653a7d
  7. #512e64
  8. #3d234b
  9. #281732
  10. #140c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca73fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca73fa
  2. #cf81fb
  3. #d58ffb
  4. #da9dfc
  5. #dfabfc
  6. #e5b9fd
  7. #eac7fd
  8. #efd5fe
  9. #f4e3fe
  10. #faf1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca73fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca73fa
  2. #c374ee
  3. #bb76e2
  4. #b477d5
  5. #ac78c9
  6. #a57abd
  7. #9e7bb1
  8. #967ca5
  9. #8f7d98
  10. #877f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af8bc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4d94fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b9bf7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c58aac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9088fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a8cf8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c781d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca73fa {
  color: #ca73fa;
}
Background
.bg-ca73fa {
  background-color: #ca73fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca73fa {
  border: 2px solid #ca73fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca73fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 115 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 93% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca73fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca73fa, #fa73e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca73fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 115 250 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 3.51 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.86 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.63 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.66 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 9.10 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.13 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.36 #358c05 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#ca73fa  rgb(202, 115, 250)  hsl(279, 93%, 72%)  Heliotrope
#a3fa73  rgb(163, 250, 115)  hsl(99, 93%, 72%)  Inchworm
#faca73  rgb(250, 202, 115)  hsl(39, 93%, 72%)  Topaz
#73faca  rgb(115, 250, 202)  hsl(159, 93%, 72%)  Aquamarine