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#CA0CEB

#ca0ceb ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#ca0ceb is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 4.71% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.04% cyan, 94.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 291.12°, with 90.28% saturation and 48.43% 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 4.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.36.

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Relative luminance0.1882

Complementary

  1. #ca0ceb
  2. #2deb0c

Split complementary

  1. #ca0ceb
  2. #9ceb0c
  3. #0ceb5a

Analogous

  1. #5a0ceb
  2. #ca0ceb
  3. #eb0c9c

Triadic

  1. #ca0ceb
  2. #ebca0c
  3. #0cebca

Tetradic

  1. #ca0ceb
  2. #eb0c2d
  3. #2deb0c
  4. #0cebca

Square

  1. #ca0ceb
  2. #eb5a0c
  3. #2deb0c
  4. #0c9ceb

Monochromatic

  1. #4d0559
  2. #8b08a2
  3. #ca0ceb
  4. #dd4ef6
  5. #eb96fa

Shades

#ca0ceb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca0ceb
  2. #b60bd4
  3. #a20abc
  4. #8d08a5
  5. #79078d
  6. #650676
  7. #51055e
  8. #3d0447
  9. #28022f
  10. #140118
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca0ceb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca0ceb
  2. #cf24ed
  3. #d53def
  4. #da55f1
  5. #df6df3
  6. #e586f5
  7. #ea9ef7
  8. #efb6f9
  9. #f4cefb
  10. #fae7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca0ceb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca0ceb
  2. #c318e0
  3. #bb23d6
  4. #b42fcb
  5. #ac3ac0
  6. #a546b6
  7. #9e52ab
  8. #965da0
  9. #8f6995
  10. #87748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a05fb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006df0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #317ee7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ca508b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7956ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8a63e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ca3fb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca0ceb {
  color: #ca0ceb;
}
Background
.bg-ca0ceb {
  background-color: #ca0ceb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca0ceb {
  border: 2px solid #ca0ceb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca0ceb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 12 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 291 90% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca0ceb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca0ceb, #eb0c9c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca0ceb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 12 235 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.36 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.18 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.29 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.61 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.03 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 10.03 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 10.75 #35f314 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ca0ceb  rgb(202, 12, 235)  hsl(291, 90%, 48%)  Electric Purple
#2deb0c  rgb(45, 235, 12)  hsl(111, 90%, 48%)  Lime
#ebca0c  rgb(235, 202, 12)  hsl(51, 90%, 48%)  Jonquil
#0cebca  rgb(12, 235, 202)  hsl(171, 90%, 48%)  Turquoise