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#CA03EB

#ca03eb ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#ca03eb is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 1.18% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.04% cyan, 98.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 291.47°, with 97.48% saturation and 46.67% 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 4.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.3.

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Web safe#cc00ff
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Relative luminance0.1862

Complementary

  1. #ca03eb
  2. #24eb03

Split complementary

  1. #ca03eb
  2. #98eb03
  3. #03eb56

Analogous

  1. #5603eb
  2. #ca03eb
  3. #eb0398

Triadic

  1. #ca03eb
  2. #ebca03
  3. #03ebca

Tetradic

  1. #ca03eb
  2. #eb0324
  3. #24eb03
  4. #03ebca

Square

  1. #ca03eb
  2. #eb5603
  3. #24eb03
  4. #0398eb

Monochromatic

  1. #480154
  2. #89029f
  3. #ca03eb
  4. #e13efd
  5. #ed8afe

Shades

#ca03eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca03eb
  2. #b603d4
  3. #a202bc
  4. #8d02a5
  5. #79028d
  6. #650276
  7. #51015e
  8. #3d0147
  9. #28012f
  10. #140018
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca03eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca03eb
  2. #cf1ced
  3. #d535ef
  4. #da4ff1
  5. #df68f3
  6. #e581f5
  7. #ea9af7
  8. #efb3f9
  9. #f4cdfb
  10. #fae6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca03eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca03eb
  2. #c310e0
  3. #bb1cd6
  4. #b429cb
  5. #ac35c0
  6. #a542b6
  7. #9e4eab
  8. #965ba0
  9. #8f6795
  10. #87748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f5eb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006cf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2f7de7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca4e8a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7855ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a63e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ca3db9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca03eb {
  color: #ca03eb;
}
Background
.bg-ca03eb {
  background-color: #ca03eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca03eb {
  border: 2px solid #ca03eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca03eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 3 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 291 97% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca03eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca03eb, #eb0398);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca03eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 3 235 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.30 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.40 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.14 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.50 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.22 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 10.22 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 10.61 #35fc14 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ca03eb  rgb(202, 3, 235)  hsl(291, 97%, 47%)  Electric Purple
#24eb03  rgb(36, 235, 3)  hsl(111, 97%, 47%)  Lime
#ebca03  rgb(235, 202, 3)  hsl(51, 97%, 47%)  Jonquil
#03ebca  rgb(3, 235, 202)  hsl(171, 97%, 47%)  Turquoise