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#C500FA

#c500fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#c500fa is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 77.25% red, 0% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.2% cyan, 100% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 287.28°, with 100% saturation and 49.02% 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 4.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 1.25.

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Relative luminance0.1877

Complementary

  1. #c500fa
  2. #35fa00

Split complementary

  1. #c500fa
  2. #b2fa00
  3. #00fa48

Analogous

  1. #4800fa
  2. #c500fa
  3. #fa00b2

Triadic

  1. #c500fa
  2. #fac500
  3. #00fac5

Tetradic

  1. #c500fa
  2. #fa0035
  3. #35fa00
  4. #00fac5

Square

  1. #c500fa
  2. #fa4800
  3. #35fa00
  4. #00b2fa

Monochromatic

  1. #4c0061
  2. #8900ae
  3. #c500fa
  4. #d848ff
  5. #e894ff

Shades

#c500fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c500fa
  2. #b100e1
  3. #9e00c8
  4. #8a00af
  5. #760096
  6. #63007d
  7. #4f0064
  8. #3b004b
  9. #270032
  10. #140019
  11. #000000

Tints

#c500fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c500fa
  2. #cb1afb
  3. #d133fb
  4. #d64dfc
  5. #dc66fc
  6. #e280fd
  7. #e899fd
  8. #eeb3fe
  9. #f3ccfe
  10. #f9e6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c500fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c500fa
  2. #be0dee
  3. #b71ae2
  4. #b026d5
  5. #a933c9
  6. #a340bd
  7. #9c4db1
  8. #955aa5
  9. #8e6698
  10. #87738c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d5ebb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006fff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007cf6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c05893 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e57fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8062f7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c244c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c500fa {
  color: #c500fa;
}
Background
.bg-c500fa {
  background-color: #c500fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c500fa {
  border: 2px solid #c500fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c500fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 197 0 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 287 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c500fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c500fa, #fa00b2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c500fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(197 0 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 1.25 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.80 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.31 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.63 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.35 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.85 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 10.67 #3aff05 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#c500fa  rgb(197, 0, 250)  hsl(287, 100%, 49%)  Electric Purple
#35fa00  rgb(53, 250, 0)  hsl(107, 100%, 49%)  Neon Green
#fac500  rgb(250, 197, 0)  hsl(47, 100%, 49%)  Golden Poppy
#00fac5  rgb(0, 250, 197)  hsl(167, 100%, 49%)  Aquamarine