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#CA16FD

#ca16fd ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#ca16fd is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 8.63% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.16% cyan, 91.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 286.75°, with 98.3% saturation and 53.92% 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 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.58.

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Relative luminance0.2022

Complementary

  1. #ca16fd
  2. #49fd16

Split complementary

  1. #ca16fd
  2. #bdfd16
  3. #16fd56

Analogous

  1. #5616fd
  2. #ca16fd
  3. #fd16bd

Triadic

  1. #ca16fd
  2. #fdca16
  3. #16fdca

Tetradic

  1. #ca16fd
  2. #fd1649
  3. #49fd16
  4. #16fdca

Square

  1. #ca16fd
  2. #fd5616
  3. #49fd16
  4. #16bdfd

Monochromatic

  1. #5e0179
  2. #9a02c5
  3. #ca16fd
  4. #db62fe
  5. #edaefe

Shades

#ca16fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca16fd
  2. #b614e4
  3. #a212ca
  4. #8d0fb1
  5. #790d98
  6. #650b7f
  7. #510965
  8. #3d074c
  9. #280433
  10. #140219
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca16fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca16fd
  2. #cf2dfd
  3. #d545fd
  4. #da5cfe
  5. #df73fe
  6. #e58bfe
  7. #eaa2fe
  8. #efb9fe
  9. #f4d0ff
  10. #fae8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca16fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca16fd
  2. #c321f1
  3. #bb2be4
  4. #b436d8
  5. #ac40cb
  6. #a54bbf
  7. #9e56b2
  8. #9660a6
  9. #8f6b99
  10. #87758d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a163be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0073ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0080f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c65c96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #745cff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8566fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c849c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca16fd {
  color: #ca16fd;
}
Background
.bg-ca16fd {
  background-color: #ca16fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca16fd {
  border: 2px solid #ca16fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca16fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 22 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 287 98% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca16fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca16fd, #fd16bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca16fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 22 253 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.58 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.62 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.27 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.38 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.38 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.97 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 10.84 #35e902 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ca16fd  rgb(202, 22, 253)  hsl(287, 98%, 54%)  Electric Purple
#49fd16  rgb(73, 253, 22)  hsl(107, 98%, 54%)  Harlequin
#fdca16  rgb(253, 202, 22)  hsl(47, 98%, 54%)  Sunglow
#16fdca  rgb(22, 253, 202)  hsl(167, 98%, 54%)  Aquamarine