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#CA2AFA

#ca2afa ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#ca2afa is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 16.47% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.2% cyan, 83.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 286.15°, with 95.41% 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 3.71.

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Relative luminance0.2111

Complementary

  1. #ca2afa
  2. #5afa2a

Split complementary

  1. #ca2afa
  2. #c2fa2a
  3. #2afa62

Analogous

  1. #622afa
  2. #ca2afa
  3. #fa2ac2

Triadic

  1. #ca2afa
  2. #faca2a
  3. #2afaca

Tetradic

  1. #ca2afa
  2. #fa2a5a
  3. #5afa2a
  4. #2afaca

Square

  1. #ca2afa
  2. #fa622a
  3. #5afa2a
  4. #2ac2fa

Monochromatic

  1. #690388
  2. #a305d3
  3. #ca2afa
  4. #dd75fc
  5. #efbffe

Shades

#ca2afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca2afa
  2. #b626e1
  3. #a222c8
  4. #8d1daf
  5. #791996
  6. #65157d
  7. #511164
  8. #3d0d4b
  9. #280832
  10. #140419
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca2afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca2afa
  2. #cf3ffb
  3. #d555fb
  4. #da6afc
  5. #df7ffc
  6. #e595fd
  7. #eaaafd
  8. #efbffe
  9. #f4d4fe
  10. #faeaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca2afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca2afa
  2. #c333ee
  3. #bb3be2
  4. #b444d5
  5. #ac4cc9
  6. #a555bd
  7. #9e5eb1
  8. #9666a5
  9. #8f6f98
  10. #87778c
  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 #a267bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2683f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c76097 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7860fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #886af8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c84fc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca2afa {
  color: #ca2afa;
}
Background
.bg-ca2afa {
  background-color: #ca2afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca2afa {
  border: 2px solid #ca2afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca2afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 42 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 286 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca2afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca2afa, #fa2ac2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca2afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 42 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.71 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.66 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 8.63 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 8.63 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.27 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.52 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.34 #35d505 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ca2afa  rgb(202, 42, 250)  hsl(286, 95%, 57%)  Electric Purple
#5afa2a  rgb(90, 250, 42)  hsl(106, 95%, 57%)  Harlequin
#faca2a  rgb(250, 202, 42)  hsl(46, 95%, 57%)  Sunglow
#2afaca  rgb(42, 250, 202)  hsl(166, 95%, 57%)  Aquamarine