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#CD74EA

#cd74ea ≈ Heliotrope

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#cd74ea is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 45.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.39% cyan, 50.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 285.25°, with 73.75% saturation and 68.63% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 3.61.

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Relative luminance0.3141

Complementary

  1. #cd74ea
  2. #91ea74

Split complementary

  1. #cd74ea
  2. #ccea74
  3. #74ea92

Analogous

  1. #9274ea
  2. #cd74ea
  3. #ea74cc

Triadic

  1. #cd74ea
  2. #eacd74
  3. #74eacd

Tetradic

  1. #cd74ea
  2. #ea7491
  3. #91ea74
  4. #74eacd

Square

  1. #cd74ea
  2. #ea9274
  3. #91ea74
  4. #74ccea

Monochromatic

  1. #871aab
  2. #b532e0
  3. #cd74ea
  4. #e5b6f4
  5. #f9edfc

Shades

#cd74ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd74ea
  2. #b968d3
  3. #a45dbb
  4. #9051a4
  5. #7b468c
  6. #673a75
  7. #522e5e
  8. #3e2346
  9. #29172f
  10. #150c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd74ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd74ea
  2. #d282ec
  3. #d790ee
  4. #dc9ef0
  5. #e1acf2
  6. #e6baf5
  7. #ebc7f7
  8. #f0d5f9
  9. #f5e3fb
  10. #faf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd74ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd74ea
  2. #c575df
  3. #be76d5
  4. #b678ca
  5. #ae79c0
  6. #a77ab5
  7. #9f7baa
  8. #977ca0
  9. #8f7e95
  10. #887f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b08bbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5c92ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #789be7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cc85a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9787ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a18de8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cd7fc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd74ea {
  color: #cd74ea;
}
Background
.bg-cd74ea {
  background-color: #cd74ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd74ea {
  border: 2px solid #cd74ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd74ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 116 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 74% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd74ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd74ea, #ea74cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd74ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 116 234 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 3.61 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 4.95 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.03 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 6.95 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 8.14 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.46 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.38 #328b15 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#cd74ea  rgb(205, 116, 234)  hsl(285, 74%, 69%)  Heliotrope
#91ea74  rgb(145, 234, 116)  hsl(105, 74%, 69%)  Light Green
#eacd74  rgb(234, 205, 116)  hsl(45, 74%, 69%)  Jasmine
#74eacd  rgb(116, 234, 205)  hsl(165, 74%, 69%)  Aquamarine