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#CA12E5

#ca12e5 ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#ca12e5 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 7.06% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.79% cyan, 92.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 292.32°, with 85.43% 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 4.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 4.07.

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Web safe#cc00cc
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Relative luminance0.1865

Complementary

  1. #ca12e5
  2. #2de512

Split complementary

  1. #ca12e5
  2. #97e512
  3. #12e560

Analogous

  1. #6012e5
  2. #ca12e5
  3. #e51297

Triadic

  1. #ca12e5
  2. #e5ca12
  3. #12e5ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca12e5
  2. #e5122d
  3. #2de512
  4. #12e5ca

Square

  1. #ca12e5
  2. #e56012
  3. #2de512
  4. #1297e5

Monochromatic

  1. #4d0757
  2. #8b0c9e
  3. #ca12e5
  4. #dd52f1
  5. #eb99f7

Shades

#ca12e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca12e5
  2. #b610ce
  3. #a20eb7
  4. #8d0da0
  5. #790b89
  6. #650973
  7. #51075c
  8. #3d0545
  9. #28042e
  10. #140217
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca12e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca12e5
  2. #cf2ae8
  3. #d541ea
  4. #da59ed
  5. #df71ef
  6. #e589f2
  7. #eaa0f5
  8. #efb8f7
  9. #f4d0fa
  10. #fae7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca12e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca12e5
  2. #c31ddb
  3. #bb28d1
  4. #b433c7
  5. #ac3ebd
  6. #a549b3
  7. #9e54a8
  8. #965f9e
  9. #8f6a94
  10. #87758a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9f5fae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006cea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3b7de1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cc4d88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b56e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8c64e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cb3db5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca12e5 {
  color: #ca12e5;
}
Background
.bg-ca12e5 {
  background-color: #ca12e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca12e5 {
  border: 2px solid #ca12e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca12e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 18 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 292 85% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca12e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca12e5, #e51297);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca12e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 18 229 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.07 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.89 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.48 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.71 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.10 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 10.10 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.49 #35ed1a Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ca12e5  rgb(202, 18, 229)  hsl(292, 85%, 48%)  Electric Purple
#2de512  rgb(45, 229, 18)  hsl(112, 85%, 48%)  Lime
#e5ca12  rgb(229, 202, 18)  hsl(52, 85%, 48%)  Citrine
#12e5ca  rgb(18, 229, 202)  hsl(172, 85%, 48%)  Turquoise