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#CD79EA

#cd79ea ≈ Heliotrope

  • magenta
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#cd79ea is a color from the magenta family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 47.45% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.39% cyan, 48.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 284.6°, with 72.9% saturation and 69.61% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 7.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 3.73.

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Relative luminance0.3259

Complementary

  1. #cd79ea
  2. #96ea79

Split complementary

  1. #cd79ea
  2. #cfea79
  3. #79ea95

Analogous

  1. #9579ea
  2. #cd79ea
  3. #ea79cf

Triadic

  1. #cd79ea
  2. #eacd79
  3. #79eacd

Tetradic

  1. #cd79ea
  2. #ea7996
  3. #96ea79
  4. #79eacd

Square

  1. #cd79ea
  2. #ea9579
  3. #96ea79
  4. #79cfea

Monochromatic

  1. #891baf
  2. #b437e0
  3. #cd79ea
  4. #e6bbf4
  5. #f8edfc

Shades

#cd79ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd79ea
  2. #b96dd3
  3. #a461bb
  4. #9055a4
  5. #7b498c
  6. #673d75
  7. #52305e
  8. #3e2446
  9. #29182f
  10. #150c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd79ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd79ea
  2. #d286ec
  3. #d794ee
  4. #dca1f0
  5. #e1aff2
  6. #e6bcf5
  7. #ebc9f7
  8. #f0d7f9
  9. #f5e4fb
  10. #faf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd79ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd79ea
  2. #c57adf
  3. #be7ad5
  4. #b67bca
  5. #ae7cc0
  6. #a77db5
  7. #9f7daa
  8. #977ea0
  9. #8f7f95
  10. #887f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b18ec0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6395ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c9de7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cc89a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #998bec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a390e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cc83c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd79ea {
  color: #cd79ea;
}
Background
.bg-cd79ea {
  background-color: #cd79ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd79ea {
  border: 2px solid #cd79ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd79ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 121 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 73% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd79ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd79ea, #ea79cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd79ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 121 234 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 3.73 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 4.63 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 5.06 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 6.40 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 7.91 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.42 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 11.24 #328615 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#cd79ea  rgb(205, 121, 234)  hsl(285, 73%, 70%)  Heliotrope
#96ea79  rgb(150, 234, 121)  hsl(105, 73%, 70%)  Light Green
#eacd79  rgb(234, 205, 121)  hsl(45, 73%, 70%)  Buff
#79eacd  rgb(121, 234, 205)  hsl(165, 73%, 70%)  Aquamarine