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#C905EA

#c905ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#c905ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 1.96% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.1% cyan, 97.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 291.35°, with 95.82% saturation and 46.86% 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 4.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.31.

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Relative luminance0.1847

Complementary

  1. #c905ea
  2. #26ea05

Split complementary

  1. #c905ea
  2. #99ea05
  3. #05ea56

Analogous

  1. #5605ea
  2. #c905ea
  3. #ea0599

Triadic

  1. #c905ea
  2. #eac905
  3. #05eac9

Tetradic

  1. #c905ea
  2. #ea0526
  3. #26ea05
  4. #05eac9

Square

  1. #c905ea
  2. #ea5605
  3. #26ea05
  4. #0599ea

Monochromatic

  1. #480254
  2. #89039f
  3. #c905ea
  4. #e041fb
  5. #ec8bfd

Shades

#c905ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c905ea
  2. #b505d3
  3. #a104bb
  4. #8d04a4
  5. #79038c
  6. #650375
  7. #50025e
  8. #3c0246
  9. #28012f
  10. #140117
  11. #000000

Tints

#c905ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c905ea
  2. #ce1eec
  3. #d437ee
  4. #d950f0
  5. #df69f2
  6. #e482f5
  7. #e99bf7
  8. #efb4f9
  9. #f4cdfb
  10. #fae6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c905ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c905ea
  2. #c211df
  3. #ba1ed5
  4. #b32aca
  5. #ac36c0
  6. #a543b5
  7. #9d4faa
  8. #965ba0
  9. #8f6795
  10. #87748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f5eb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006cef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2f7de6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c94e8a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7855ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8962e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c93db8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c905ea {
  color: #c905ea;
}
Background
.bg-c905ea {
  background-color: #c905ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c905ea {
  border: 2px solid #c905ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c905ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 5 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 291 96% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c905ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c905ea, #ea0599);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c905ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 5 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.31 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.41 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.03 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.31 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.41 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 10.41 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 10.46 #36fa15 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#c905ea  rgb(201, 5, 234)  hsl(291, 96%, 47%)  Electric Purple
#26ea05  rgb(38, 234, 5)  hsl(111, 96%, 47%)  Lime
#eac905  rgb(234, 201, 5)  hsl(51, 96%, 47%)  Jonquil
#05eac9  rgb(5, 234, 201)  hsl(171, 96%, 47%)  Turquoise