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#CC8DFD

#cc8dfd ≈ Heliotrope

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#cc8dfd is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 55.29% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.37% cyan, 44.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 273.75°, with 96.55% saturation and 77.25% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 6.22.

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.3898

Complementary

  1. #cc8dfd
  2. #befd8d

Split complementary

  1. #cc8dfd
  2. #f6fd8d
  3. #8dfd94

Analogous

  1. #948dfd
  2. #cc8dfd
  3. #fd8df6

Triadic

  1. #cc8dfd
  2. #fdcc8d
  3. #8dfdcc

Tetradic

  1. #cc8dfd
  2. #fd8dbe
  3. #befd8d
  4. #8dfdcc

Square

  1. #cc8dfd
  2. #fd948d
  3. #befd8d
  4. #8df6fd

Monochromatic

  1. #8704ed
  2. #aa42fc
  3. #cc8dfd
  4. #eed8fe
  5. #f6ebff

Shades

#cc8dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cc8dfd
  2. #b87fe4
  3. #a371ca
  4. #8f63b1
  5. #7a5598
  6. #66477f
  7. #523865
  8. #3d2a4c
  9. #291c33
  10. #140e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#cc8dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cc8dfd
  2. #d198fd
  3. #d6a4fd
  4. #dbaffe
  5. #e0bbfe
  6. #e6c6fe
  7. #ebd1fe
  8. #f0ddfe
  9. #f5e8ff
  10. #faf4ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cc8dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cc8dfd
  2. #c48cf1
  3. #bd8ae4
  4. #b589d8
  5. #ae88cb
  6. #a687bf
  7. #9e85b2
  8. #9784a6
  9. #8f8399
  10. #88818d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b79ecf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #73a5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83a9fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c69fb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9e9cff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a59efb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c898d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cc8dfd {
  color: #cc8dfd;
}
Background
.bg-cc8dfd {
  background-color: #cc8dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cc8dfd {
  border: 2px solid #cc8dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cc8dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 141 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 97% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cc8dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc8dfd, #fd8df6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cc8dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 141 253 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 6.22 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 6.36 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 7.85 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 9.15 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 9.27 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 9.30 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 9.67 #337202 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#cc8dfd  rgb(204, 141, 253)  hsl(274, 97%, 77%)  Heliotrope
#befd8d  rgb(190, 253, 141)  hsl(94, 97%, 77%)  Inchworm
#fdcc8d  rgb(253, 204, 141)  hsl(34, 97%, 77%)  Topaz
#8dfdcc  rgb(141, 253, 204)  hsl(154, 97%, 77%)  Aquamarine