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#CD18DD

#cd18dd ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#cd18dd is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.39% red, 9.41% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.24% cyan, 89.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 295.13°, with 80.41% saturation and 48.04% 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 4.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.44.

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Web safe#cc00cc
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Relative luminance0.1885

Complementary

  1. #cd18dd
  2. #28dd18

Split complementary

  1. #cd18dd
  2. #8add18
  3. #18dd6b

Analogous

  1. #6b18dd
  2. #cd18dd
  3. #dd188a

Triadic

  1. #cd18dd
  2. #ddcd18
  3. #18ddcd

Tetradic

  1. #cd18dd
  2. #dd1828
  3. #28dd18
  4. #18ddcd

Square

  1. #cd18dd
  2. #dd6b18
  3. #28dd18
  4. #188add

Monochromatic

  1. #4d0953
  2. #8d1198
  3. #cd18dd
  4. #e055ed
  5. #ed9af4

Shades

#cd18dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cd18dd
  2. #b916c7
  3. #a413b1
  4. #90119b
  5. #7b0e85
  6. #670c6f
  7. #520a58
  8. #3e0742
  9. #29052c
  10. #150216
  11. #000000

Tints

#cd18dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cd18dd
  2. #d22fe0
  3. #d746e4
  4. #dc5de7
  5. #e174eb
  6. #e68cee
  7. #eba3f1
  8. #f0baf5
  9. #f5d1f8
  10. #fae8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cd18dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cd18dd
  2. #c522d4
  3. #be2dca
  4. #b637c1
  5. #ae42b8
  6. #a74caf
  7. #9f56a5
  8. #97619c
  9. #8f6b93
  10. #887689
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a160aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006ce2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #497fd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d14984 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8056e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9165db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cf3baf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cd18dd {
  color: #cd18dd;
}
Background
.bg-cd18dd {
  background-color: #cd18dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cd18dd {
  border: 2px solid #cd18dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cd18dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 205 24 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 295 80% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cd18dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd18dd, #dd188a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cd18dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(205 24 221 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.44 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.46 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.02 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.72 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.72 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.92 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.15 #32e722 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#cd18dd  rgb(205, 24, 221)  hsl(295, 80%, 48%)  Electric Purple
#28dd18  rgb(40, 221, 24)  hsl(115, 80%, 48%)  Lime Green
#ddcd18  rgb(221, 205, 24)  hsl(55, 80%, 48%)  Citrine
#18ddcd  rgb(24, 221, 205)  hsl(175, 80%, 48%)  Turquoise