PURPLE

Heliotrope

#DF73FF

Conversions

HEX#DF73FF

RGBrgb(223, 115, 255)

HSLhsl(286, 100%, 73%)

HSVhsv(286, 55%, 100%)

CMYKcmyk(13%, 55%, 0%, 0%)

Copy CSS

color: #df73ff;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(223, 115, 255);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(286, 100%, 73%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 2.61 : 1

On ink blackPass · 7.32 : 1

Shades

Tints

Pairings

About Heliotrope

Heliotrope is the hex color #DF73FF, which translates to rgb(223, 115, 255) in RGB and hsl(286, 100%, 73%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 286 degrees, with a saturation of 100 percent and a lightness of 73 percent. Its OKLCH chroma of 0.217 is high, so Heliotrope is one of the more vivid purple tones here and is easy to overuse at large sizes.

How Heliotrope compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is mediumorchid (#BA55D3), a CIE76 distance of 13.7 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is fuchsia-400 (#ED6AFF), at a distance of 7.6. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Fuchsia Pink at 11.1. Sorted by lightness, Heliotrope is number 27 of the 31 purple colors here.

Text on Heliotrope

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Heliotrope, led by Ink black at 7.32:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Heliotrope already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Heliotrope. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	2.61:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	7.32:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Mid grey #6B7280	1.85:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	3.94:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	2.11:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

Building a palette around Heliotrope

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Heliotrope for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Heliotrope

Format	Value
HEX	#DF73FF
RGB	rgb(223, 115, 255)
HSL	hsl(286, 100%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(286, 55%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 55%, 0%, 0%)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.2174 317.96)
CIELAB	lab(65.88 62.73 -52.25)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.