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#C712EA

#c712ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#c712ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.04% red, 7.06% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.96% cyan, 92.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 290.28°, with 85.71% 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 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.16.

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Web safe#cc00ff
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Relative luminance0.1852

Complementary

  1. #c712ea
  2. #35ea12

Split complementary

  1. #c712ea
  2. #a1ea12
  3. #12ea5b

Analogous

  1. #5b12ea
  2. #c712ea
  3. #ea12a1

Triadic

  1. #c712ea
  2. #eac712
  3. #12eac7

Tetradic

  1. #c712ea
  2. #ea1235
  3. #35ea12
  4. #12eac7

Square

  1. #c712ea
  2. #ea5b12
  3. #35ea12
  4. #12a1ea

Monochromatic

  1. #4e075c
  2. #8b0da3
  3. #c712ea
  4. #d956f2
  5. #e99df7

Shades

#c712ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c712ea
  2. #b310d3
  3. #9f0ebb
  4. #8b0da4
  5. #770b8c
  6. #640975
  7. #50075e
  8. #3c0546
  9. #28042f
  10. #140217
  11. #000000

Tints

#c712ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c712ea
  2. #cd2aec
  3. #d241ee
  4. #d859f0
  5. #dd71f2
  6. #e389f5
  7. #e9a0f7
  8. #eeb8f9
  9. #f4d0fb
  10. #f9e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c712ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c712ea
  2. #c01ddf
  3. #b928d5
  4. #b233ca
  5. #ab3ec0
  6. #a449b5
  7. #9c54aa
  8. #955fa0
  9. #8e6a95
  10. #87758b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9e5fb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006def ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2e7ce6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c7518b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7756ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8863e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c740b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c712ea {
  color: #c712ea;
}
Background
.bg-c712ea {
  background-color: #c712ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c712ea {
  border: 2px solid #c712ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c712ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 199 18 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 290 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c712ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c712ea, #ea12a1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c712ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(199 18 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.16 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.18 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.90 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.14 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 10.28 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 10.36 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.48 #38ed15 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#c712ea  rgb(199, 18, 234)  hsl(290, 86%, 49%)  Electric Purple
#35ea12  rgb(53, 234, 18)  hsl(110, 86%, 49%)  Lime
#eac712  rgb(234, 199, 18)  hsl(50, 86%, 49%)  Jonquil
#12eac7  rgb(18, 234, 199)  hsl(170, 86%, 49%)  Turquoise