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#CE00E6

#ce00e6 ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#ce00e6 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 0% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 10.43% cyan, 100% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 293.74°, with 100% saturation and 45.1% 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 4.32.

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Relative luminance0.1883

Complementary

  1. #ce00e6
  2. #18e600

Split complementary

  1. #ce00e6
  2. #8be600
  3. #00e65b

Analogous

  1. #5b00e6
  2. #ce00e6
  3. #e6008b

Triadic

  1. #ce00e6
  2. #e6ce00
  3. #00e6ce

Tetradic

  1. #ce00e6
  2. #e60018
  3. #18e600
  4. #00e6ce

Square

  1. #ce00e6
  2. #e65b00
  3. #18e600
  4. #008be6

Monochromatic

  1. #45004d
  2. #89009a
  3. #ce00e6
  4. #ea34ff
  5. #f280ff

Shades

#ce00e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce00e6
  2. #b900cf
  3. #a500b8
  4. #9000a1
  5. #7c008a
  6. #670073
  7. #52005c
  8. #3e0045
  9. #29002e
  10. #150017
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce00e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce00e6
  2. #d31ae9
  3. #d833eb
  4. #dd4dee
  5. #e266f0
  6. #e780f3
  7. #eb99f5
  8. #f0b3f8
  9. #f5ccfa
  10. #fae6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce00e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce00e6
  2. #c60ddc
  3. #be1ad2
  4. #b726c7
  5. #af33bd
  6. #a740b3
  7. #9f4da9
  8. #975a9f
  9. #906694
  10. #88738a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a25eaf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006ceb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3d7ee2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d04a87 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d54e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8f64e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cf39b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce00e6 {
  color: #ce00e6;
}
Background
.bg-ce00e6 {
  background-color: #ce00e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce00e6 {
  border: 2px solid #ce00e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce00e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 0 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 294 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce00e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce00e6, #e6008b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce00e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 0 230 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.32 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.15 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.99 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.08 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.71 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.71 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.92 #31ff19 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ce00e6  rgb(206, 0, 230)  hsl(294, 100%, 45%)  Electric Purple
#18e600  rgb(24, 230, 0)  hsl(114, 100%, 45%)  Lime
#e6ce00  rgb(230, 206, 0)  hsl(54, 100%, 45%)  Citrine
#00e6ce  rgb(0, 230, 206)  hsl(174, 100%, 45%)  Turquoise