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#C217FA

#c217fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#c217fa is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 9.02% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.4% cyan, 90.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 285.2°, with 95.78% saturation and 53.53% 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 4.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 1.24.

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Relative luminance0.1898

Complementary

  1. #c217fa
  2. #4ffa17

Split complementary

  1. #c217fa
  2. #c0fa17
  3. #17fa51

Analogous

  1. #5117fa
  2. #c217fa
  3. #fa17c0

Triadic

  1. #c217fa
  2. #fac217
  3. #17fac2

Tetradic

  1. #c217fa
  2. #fa174f
  3. #4ffa17
  4. #17fac2

Square

  1. #c217fa
  2. #fa5117
  3. #4ffa17
  4. #17c0fa

Monochromatic

  1. #590375
  2. #9204c0
  3. #c217fa
  4. #d662fc
  5. #e9adfd

Shades

#c217fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c217fa
  2. #af15e1
  3. #9b12c8
  4. #8810af
  5. #740e96
  6. #610c7d
  7. #4e0964
  8. #3a074b
  9. #270532
  10. #130219
  11. #000000

Tints

#c217fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c217fa
  2. #c82efb
  3. #ce45fb
  4. #d45dfc
  5. #da74fc
  6. #e18bfd
  7. #e7a2fd
  8. #edb9fe
  9. #f3d1fe
  10. #f9e8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c217fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c217fa
  2. #bb22ee
  3. #b52ce2
  4. #ae37d5
  5. #a841c9
  6. #a14cbd
  7. #9a56b1
  8. #9461a5
  9. #8d6b98
  10. #87768c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b60bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0070ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007cf6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc5c95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d5afd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e63f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf49c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c217fa {
  color: #c217fa;
}
Background
.bg-c217fa {
  background-color: #c217fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c217fa {
  border: 2px solid #c217fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c217fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 23 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 96% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c217fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c217fa, #fa17c0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c217fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 23 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 1.24 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.77 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.97 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.56 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.32 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.73 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 10.77 #3de805 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#c217fa  rgb(194, 23, 250)  hsl(285, 96%, 54%)  Electric Purple
#4ffa17  rgb(79, 250, 23)  hsl(105, 96%, 54%)  Harlequin
#fac217  rgb(250, 194, 23)  hsl(45, 96%, 54%)  Golden Poppy
#17fac2  rgb(23, 250, 194)  hsl(165, 96%, 54%)  Aquamarine