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#C809FE

#c809fe ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#c809fe is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 3.53% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.26% cyan, 96.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 286.78°, with 99.19% saturation and 51.57% 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 4.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 1.85.

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Relative luminance0.1963

Complementary

  1. #c809fe
  2. #3ffe09

Split complementary

  1. #c809fe
  2. #b9fe09
  3. #09fe4e

Analogous

  1. #4e09fe
  2. #c809fe
  3. #fe09b9

Triadic

  1. #c809fe
  2. #fec809
  3. #09fec8

Tetradic

  1. #c809fe
  2. #fe093f
  3. #3ffe09
  4. #09fec8

Square

  1. #c809fe
  2. #fe4e09
  3. #3ffe09
  4. #09b9fe

Monochromatic

  1. #56006e
  2. #9101ba
  3. #c809fe
  4. #d955fe
  5. #eaa1ff

Shades

#c809fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c809fe
  2. #b408e5
  3. #a007cb
  4. #8c06b2
  5. #780598
  6. #64057f
  7. #500466
  8. #3c034c
  9. #280233
  10. #140119
  11. #000000

Tints

#c809fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c809fe
  2. #ce22fe
  3. #d33afe
  4. #d953fe
  5. #de6bfe
  6. #e484ff
  7. #e99dff
  8. #efb5ff
  9. #f4ceff
  10. #fae6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c809fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c809fe
  2. #c115f1
  3. #ba21e5
  4. #b22dd8
  5. #ab39cc
  6. #a445bf
  7. #9d50b2
  8. #965ca6
  9. #8e6899
  10. #87748d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f61be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0071ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007ffa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c35b96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7159ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8264fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c547c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c809fe {
  color: #c809fe;
}
Background
.bg-c809fe {
  background-color: #c809fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c809fe {
  border: 2px solid #c809fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c809fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 9 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 287 99% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c809fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c809fe, #fe09b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c809fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 9 254 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 1.85 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.56 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.10 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.50 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.05 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 10.05 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 10.12 #37f601 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#c809fe  rgb(200, 9, 254)  hsl(287, 99%, 52%)  Electric Purple
#3ffe09  rgb(63, 254, 9)  hsl(107, 99%, 52%)  Harlequin
#fec809  rgb(254, 200, 9)  hsl(47, 99%, 52%)  Mikado Yellow
#09fec8  rgb(9, 254, 200)  hsl(167, 99%, 52%)  Aquamarine