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#CA27FD

#ca27fd ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#ca27fd is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 15.29% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.16% cyan, 84.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 285.7°, with 98.17% saturation and 57.25% 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 5.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.51.

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Relative luminance0.211

Complementary

  1. #ca27fd
  2. #5afd27

Split complementary

  1. #ca27fd
  2. #c5fd27
  3. #27fd5f

Analogous

  1. #5f27fd
  2. #ca27fd
  3. #fd27c5

Triadic

  1. #ca27fd
  2. #fdca27
  3. #27fdca

Tetradic

  1. #ca27fd
  2. #fd275a
  3. #5afd27
  4. #27fdca

Square

  1. #ca27fd
  2. #fd5f27
  3. #5afd27
  4. #27c5fd

Monochromatic

  1. #69018a
  2. #a302d6
  3. #ca27fd
  4. #dd73fe
  5. #efbffe

Shades

#ca27fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca27fd
  2. #b623e4
  3. #a21fca
  4. #8d1bb1
  5. #791798
  6. #65147f
  7. #511065
  8. #3d0c4c
  9. #280833
  10. #140419
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca27fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca27fd
  2. #cf3dfd
  3. #d552fd
  4. #da68fe
  5. #df7dfe
  6. #e593fe
  7. #eaa9fe
  8. #efbefe
  9. #f4d4ff
  10. #fae9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca27fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca27fd
  2. #c330f1
  3. #bb39e4
  4. #b442d8
  5. #ac4bcb
  6. #a554bf
  7. #9e5cb2
  8. #9665a6
  9. #8f6e99
  10. #87778d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a267bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1a83f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c66098 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7660ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #876afa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c84fc9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca27fd {
  color: #ca27fd;
}
Background
.bg-ca27fd {
  background-color: #ca27fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca27fd {
  border: 2px solid #ca27fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca27fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 39 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 286 98% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca27fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca27fd, #fd27c5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca27fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 39 253 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.51 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.01 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 8.76 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 8.76 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.10 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.60 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.54 #35d802 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ca27fd  rgb(202, 39, 253)  hsl(286, 98%, 57%)  Electric Purple
#5afd27  rgb(90, 253, 39)  hsl(106, 98%, 57%)  Harlequin
#fdca27  rgb(253, 202, 39)  hsl(46, 98%, 57%)  Sunglow
#27fdca  rgb(39, 253, 202)  hsl(166, 98%, 57%)  Aquamarine