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#C82AFE

#c82afe ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#c82afe is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 16.47% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.26% cyan, 83.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 284.72°, with 99.07% saturation and 58.04% 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 5.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.43.

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Relative luminance0.2109

Complementary

  1. #c82afe
  2. #60fe2a

Split complementary

  1. #c82afe
  2. #cafe2a
  3. #2afe5e

Analogous

  1. #5e2afe
  2. #c82afe
  3. #fe2aca

Triadic

  1. #c82afe
  2. #fec82a
  3. #2afec8

Tetradic

  1. #c82afe
  2. #fe2a60
  3. #60fe2a
  4. #2afec8

Square

  1. #c82afe
  2. #fe5e2a
  3. #60fe2a
  4. #2acafe

Monochromatic

  1. #6a018e
  2. #a301da
  3. #c82afe
  4. #dc76fe
  5. #efc2ff

Shades

#c82afe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c82afe
  2. #b426e5
  3. #a022cb
  4. #8c1db2
  5. #781998
  6. #64157f
  7. #501166
  8. #3c0d4c
  9. #280833
  10. #140419
  11. #000000

Tints

#c82afe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c82afe
  2. #ce3ffe
  3. #d355fe
  4. #d96afe
  5. #de7ffe
  6. #e495ff
  7. #e9aaff
  8. #efbfff
  9. #f4d4ff
  10. #faeaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c82afe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c82afe
  2. #c133f1
  3. #ba3be5
  4. #b244d8
  5. #ab4ccc
  6. #a455bf
  7. #9d5eb2
  8. #9666a6
  9. #8e6f99
  10. #87778d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a167bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1282fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c36299 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7561ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #856afc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c551ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c82afe {
  color: #c82afe;
}
Background
.bg-c82afe {
  background-color: #c82afe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c82afe {
  border: 2px solid #c82afe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c82afe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 42 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 99% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c82afe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c82afe, #fe2aca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c82afe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 42 254 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.43 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.03 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.94 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.00 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.00 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.53 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.37 #37d501 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#c82afe  rgb(200, 42, 254)  hsl(285, 99%, 58%)  Electric Purple
#60fe2a  rgb(96, 254, 42)  hsl(105, 99%, 58%)  Harlequin
#fec82a  rgb(254, 200, 42)  hsl(45, 99%, 58%)  Sunglow
#2afec8  rgb(42, 254, 200)  hsl(165, 99%, 58%)  Aquamarine