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#C100FC

#c100fc ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#c100fc is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 75.69% red, 0% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.41% cyan, 100% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 285.95°, with 100% saturation and 49.41% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 0.51.

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Web safe#cc00ff
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Relative luminance0.1837

Complementary

  1. #c100fc
  2. #3bfc00

Split complementary

  1. #c100fc
  2. #b9fc00
  3. #00fc43

Analogous

  1. #4300fc
  2. #c100fc
  3. #fc00b9

Triadic

  1. #c100fc
  2. #fcc100
  3. #00fcc1

Tetradic

  1. #c100fc
  2. #fc003b
  3. #3bfc00
  4. #00fcc1

Square

  1. #c100fc
  2. #fc4300
  3. #3bfc00
  4. #00b9fc

Monochromatic

  1. #4c0063
  2. #8600af
  3. #c100fc
  4. #d449ff
  5. #e696ff

Shades

#c100fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c100fc
  2. #ae00e3
  3. #9a00ca
  4. #8700b0
  5. #740097
  6. #61007e
  7. #4d0065
  8. #3a004c
  9. #270032
  10. #130019
  11. #000000

Tints

#c100fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c100fc
  2. #c71afc
  3. #cd33fd
  4. #d44dfd
  5. #da66fd
  6. #e080fe
  7. #e699fe
  8. #ecb3fe
  9. #f3ccfe
  10. #f9e6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c100fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c100fc
  2. #bb0df0
  3. #b41ae3
  4. #ae26d7
  5. #a733ca
  6. #a140be
  7. #9a4db2
  8. #945aa5
  9. #8d6699
  10. #87738c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a5dbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007af8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb5a95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6957ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b60f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bd46c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c100fc {
  color: #c100fc;
}
Background
.bg-c100fc {
  background-color: #c100fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c100fc {
  border: 2px solid #c100fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c100fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 193 0 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 286 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c100fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c100fc, #fc00b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c100fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(193 0 252 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 0.51 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.04 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.25 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.59 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.75 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.20 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 10.13 #3eff03 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#c100fc  rgb(193, 0, 252)  hsl(286, 100%, 49%)  Electric Purple
#3bfc00  rgb(59, 252, 0)  hsl(106, 100%, 49%)  Harlequin
#fcc100  rgb(252, 193, 0)  hsl(46, 100%, 49%)  Golden Poppy
#00fcc1  rgb(0, 252, 193)  hsl(166, 100%, 49%)  Aquamarine