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#CC38FE

#cc38fe ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#cc38fe is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 21.96% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.69% cyan, 77.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 284.85°, with 99% saturation and 60.78% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 5.56:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.35.

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Relative luminance0.2282

Complementary

  1. #cc38fe
  2. #6afe38

Split complementary

  1. #cc38fe
  2. #cdfe38
  3. #38fe69

Analogous

  1. #6938fe
  2. #cc38fe
  3. #fe38cd

Triadic

  1. #cc38fe
  2. #fecc38
  3. #38fecc

Tetradic

  1. #cc38fe
  2. #fe386a
  3. #6afe38
  4. #38fecc

Square

  1. #cc38fe
  2. #fe6938
  3. #6afe38
  4. #38cdfe

Monochromatic

  1. #75019c
  2. #ae01e8
  3. #cc38fe
  4. #e084fe
  5. #f3d0ff

Shades

#cc38fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cc38fe
  2. #b832e5
  3. #a32dcb
  4. #8f27b2
  5. #7a2298
  6. #661c7f
  7. #521666
  8. #3d114c
  9. #290b33
  10. #140619
  11. #000000

Tints

#cc38fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cc38fe
  2. #d14cfe
  3. #d660fe
  4. #db74fe
  5. #e088fe
  6. #e69cff
  7. #ebafff
  8. #f0c3ff
  9. #f5d7ff
  10. #faebff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cc38fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cc38fe
  2. #c43ff1
  3. #bd46e5
  4. #b54ed8
  5. #ae55cc
  6. #a65cbf
  7. #9e63b2
  8. #976aa6
  9. #8f7299
  10. #88798d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a56dc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007bff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3087fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c8679c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c67ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8b70fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ca58cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cc38fe {
  color: #cc38fe;
}
Background
.bg-cc38fe {
  background-color: #cc38fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cc38fe {
  border: 2px solid #cc38fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cc38fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 56 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 99% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cc38fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cc38fe, #fe38cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cc38fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 56 254 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.35 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.41 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 7.72 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 7.72 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 10.80 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.82 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.04 #33c701 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#cc38fe  rgb(204, 56, 254)  hsl(285, 99%, 61%)  Electric Purple
#6afe38  rgb(106, 254, 56)  hsl(105, 99%, 61%)  Harlequin
#fecc38  rgb(254, 204, 56)  hsl(45, 99%, 61%)  Sunglow
#38fecc  rgb(56, 254, 204)  hsl(165, 99%, 61%)  Aquamarine