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#c22afa ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#c22afa is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.08% red, 16.47% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.4% cyan, 83.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 283.85°, with 95.41% saturation and 57.25% 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 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.47.

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Relative luminance0.2003

Complementary

  1. #c22afa
  2. #62fa2a

Split complementary

  1. #c22afa
  2. #cafa2a
  3. #2afa5a

Analogous

  1. #5a2afa
  2. #c22afa
  3. #fa2aca

Triadic

  1. #c22afa
  2. #fac22a
  3. #2afac2

Tetradic

  1. #c22afa
  2. #fa2a62
  3. #62fa2a
  4. #2afac2

Square

  1. #c22afa
  2. #fa5a2a
  3. #62fa2a
  4. #2acafa

Monochromatic

  1. #640388
  2. #9b05d3
  3. #c22afa
  4. #d775fc
  5. #edbffe

Shades

#c22afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c22afa
  2. #af26e1
  3. #9b22c8
  4. #881daf
  5. #741996
  6. #61157d
  7. #4e1164
  8. #3a0d4b
  9. #270832
  10. #130419
  11. #000000

Tints

#c22afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c22afa
  2. #c83ffb
  3. #ce55fb
  4. #d46afc
  5. #da7ffc
  6. #e195fd
  7. #e7aafd
  8. #edbffe
  9. #f3d4fe
  10. #f9eaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c22afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c22afa
  2. #bb33ee
  3. #b53be2
  4. #ae44d5
  5. #a84cc9
  6. #a155bd
  7. #9a5eb1
  8. #9466a5
  9. #8d6f98
  10. #87778c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d65bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #017ff6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc6197 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #705ffd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8067f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #bf51c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c22afa {
  color: #c22afa;
}
Background
.bg-c22afa {
  background-color: #c22afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c22afa {
  border: 2px solid #c22afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c22afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 194 42 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c22afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c22afa, #fa2aca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c22afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(194 42 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.47 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.07 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.79 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.28 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.10 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 10.10 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 10.31 #3dd505 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#c22afa  rgb(194, 42, 250)  hsl(284, 95%, 57%)  Electric Purple
#62fa2a  rgb(98, 250, 42)  hsl(104, 95%, 57%)  Harlequin
#fac22a  rgb(250, 194, 42)  hsl(44, 95%, 57%)  Golden Poppy
#2afac2  rgb(42, 250, 194)  hsl(164, 95%, 57%)  Aquamarine