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#C417EE

#c417ee ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#c417ee is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 76.86% red, 9.02% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.65% cyan, 90.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 288.28°, with 86.35% saturation and 51.18% 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 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.45.

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Relative luminance0.1852

Complementary

  1. #c417ee
  2. #41ee17

Split complementary

  1. #c417ee
  2. #adee17
  3. #17ee59

Analogous

  1. #5917ee
  2. #c417ee
  3. #ee17ad

Triadic

  1. #c417ee
  2. #eec417
  3. #17eec4

Tetradic

  1. #c417ee
  2. #ee1741
  3. #41ee17
  4. #17eec4

Square

  1. #c417ee
  2. #ee5917
  3. #41ee17
  4. #17adee

Monochromatic

  1. #520765
  2. #8d0dac
  3. #c417ee
  4. #d65ef3
  5. #e8a6f8

Shades

#c417ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c417ee
  2. #b015d6
  3. #9d12be
  4. #8910a7
  5. #760e8f
  6. #620c77
  7. #4e095f
  8. #3b0747
  9. #270530
  10. #140218
  11. #000000

Tints

#c417ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c417ee
  2. #ca2ef0
  3. #d045f1
  4. #d65df3
  5. #dc74f5
  6. #e28bf7
  7. #e7a2f8
  8. #edb9fa
  9. #f3d1fc
  10. #f9e8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c417ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c417ee
  2. #bd22e3
  3. #b62cd8
  4. #b037cd
  5. #a941c2
  6. #a24cb7
  7. #9b56ac
  8. #9461a1
  9. #8e6b96
  10. #87768b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c5fb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006ef3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #217cea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c2558d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7357f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8463ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c344bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c417ee {
  color: #c417ee;
}
Background
.bg-c417ee {
  background-color: #c417ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c417ee {
  border: 2px solid #c417ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c417ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 196 23 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 288 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c417ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c417ee, #ee17ad);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c417ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(196 23 238 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.45 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.33 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.33 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.97 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.82 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.84 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 10.38 #3be811 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#c417ee  rgb(196, 23, 238)  hsl(288, 86%, 51%)  Electric Purple
#41ee17  rgb(65, 238, 23)  hsl(108, 86%, 51%)  Neon Green
#eec417  rgb(238, 196, 23)  hsl(48, 86%, 51%)  Jonquil
#17eec4  rgb(23, 238, 196)  hsl(168, 86%, 51%)  Aquamarine