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#CE12EE

#ce12ee ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#ce12ee is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80.78% red, 7.06% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.45% cyan, 92.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 291.27°, with 86.61% saturation and 50.2% 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 4.95:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.77.

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Web safe#cc00ff
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Relative luminance0.1973

Complementary

  1. #ce12ee
  2. #32ee12

Split complementary

  1. #ce12ee
  2. #a0ee12
  3. #12ee60

Analogous

  1. #6012ee
  2. #ce12ee
  3. #ee12a0

Triadic

  1. #ce12ee
  2. #eece12
  3. #12eece

Tetradic

  1. #ce12ee
  2. #ee1232
  3. #32ee12
  4. #12eece

Square

  1. #ce12ee
  2. #ee6012
  3. #32ee12
  4. #12a0ee

Monochromatic

  1. #530760
  2. #910ca8
  3. #ce12ee
  4. #dd59f3
  5. #eca1f8

Shades

#ce12ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ce12ee
  2. #b910d6
  3. #a50ebe
  4. #900da7
  5. #7c0b8f
  6. #670977
  7. #52075f
  8. #3e0547
  9. #290430
  10. #150218
  11. #000000

Tints

#ce12ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ce12ee
  2. #d32af0
  3. #d841f1
  4. #dd59f3
  5. #e271f5
  6. #e789f7
  7. #eba0f8
  8. #f0b8fa
  9. #f5d0fc
  10. #fae7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ce12ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ce12ee
  2. #c61de3
  3. #be28d8
  4. #b733cd
  5. #af3ec2
  6. #a749b7
  7. #9f54ac
  8. #975fa1
  9. #906a96
  10. #88758b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a361b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006ff3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3680ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cf528d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c58f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8e66ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ce41bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ce12ee {
  color: #ce12ee;
}
Background
.bg-ce12ee {
  background-color: #ce12ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ce12ee {
  border: 2px solid #ce12ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ce12ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 206 18 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 291 87% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ce12ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce12ee, #ee12a0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ce12ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(206 18 238 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.77 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.85 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.01 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.01 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.09 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.57 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 11.50 #31ed11 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ce12ee  rgb(206, 18, 238)  hsl(291, 87%, 50%)  Electric Purple
#32ee12  rgb(50, 238, 18)  hsl(111, 87%, 50%)  Lime
#eece12  rgb(238, 206, 18)  hsl(51, 87%, 50%)  Jonquil
#12eece  rgb(18, 238, 206)  hsl(171, 87%, 50%)  Turquoise