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#C012FE

#c012fe ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#c012fe is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.29% red, 7.06% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.41% cyan, 92.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 284.24°, with 99.16% saturation and 53.33% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 0.69.

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Relative luminance0.1879

Complementary

  1. #c012fe
  2. #50fe12

Split complementary

  1. #c012fe
  2. #c6fe12
  3. #12fe4a

Analogous

  1. #4a12fe
  2. #c012fe
  3. #fe12c6

Triadic

  1. #c012fe
  2. #fec012
  3. #12fec0

Tetradic

  1. #c012fe
  2. #fe1250
  3. #50fe12
  4. #12fec0

Square

  1. #c012fe
  2. #fe4a12
  3. #50fe12
  4. #12c6fe

Monochromatic

  1. #570076
  2. #9001c3
  3. #c012fe
  4. #d45efe
  5. #e8aaff

Shades

#c012fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c012fe
  2. #ad10e5
  3. #9a0ecb
  4. #860db2
  5. #730b98
  6. #60097f
  7. #4d0766
  8. #3a054c
  9. #260433
  10. #130219
  11. #000000

Tints

#c012fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c012fe
  2. #c62afe
  3. #cd41fe
  4. #d359fe
  5. #d971fe
  6. #e089ff
  7. #e6a0ff
  8. #ecb8ff
  9. #f2d0ff
  10. #f9e7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c012fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c012fe
  2. #ba1df1
  3. #b328e5
  4. #ad33d8
  5. #a63ecc
  6. #a049bf
  7. #9a54b2
  8. #935fa6
  9. #8d6a99
  10. #86758d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a5fbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0070ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007bfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b95d97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6959ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a62fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bc4ac9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c012fe {
  color: #c012fe;
}
Background
.bg-c012fe {
  background-color: #c012fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c012fe {
  border: 2px solid #c012fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c012fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 192 18 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 99% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c012fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c012fe, #fe12c6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c012fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(192 18 254 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 0.69 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.26 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.51 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.53 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.81 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.40 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 10.57 #3fed01 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#c012fe  rgb(192, 18, 254)  hsl(284, 99%, 53%)  Electric Purple
#50fe12  rgb(80, 254, 18)  hsl(104, 99%, 53%)  Harlequin
#fec012  rgb(254, 192, 18)  hsl(44, 99%, 53%)  Amber
#12fec0  rgb(18, 254, 192)  hsl(164, 99%, 53%)  Aquamarine