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#CF17FA

#cf17fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#cf17fa is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 81.18% red, 9.02% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.2% cyan, 90.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 288.63°, with 95.78% saturation and 53.53% 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 5.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.55.

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Web safe#cc00ff
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Relative luminance0.2078

Complementary

  1. #cf17fa
  2. #42fa17

Split complementary

  1. #cf17fa
  2. #b4fa17
  3. #17fa5d

Analogous

  1. #5d17fa
  2. #cf17fa
  3. #fa17b4

Triadic

  1. #cf17fa
  2. #facf17
  3. #17facf

Tetradic

  1. #cf17fa
  2. #fa1742
  3. #42fa17
  4. #17facf

Square

  1. #cf17fa
  2. #fa5d17
  3. #42fa17
  4. #17b4fa

Monochromatic

  1. #600375
  2. #9d04c0
  3. #cf17fa
  4. #de62fc
  5. #eeadfd

Shades

#cf17fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cf17fa
  2. #ba15e1
  3. #a612c8
  4. #9110af
  5. #7c0e96
  6. #680c7d
  7. #530964
  8. #3e074b
  9. #290532
  10. #150219
  11. #000000

Tints

#cf17fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cf17fa
  2. #d42efb
  3. #d945fb
  4. #dd5dfc
  5. #e274fc
  6. #e78bfd
  7. #eca2fd
  8. #f1b9fe
  9. #f5d1fe
  10. #fae8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cf17fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cf17fa
  2. #c722ee
  3. #bf2ce2
  4. #b737d5
  5. #af41c9
  6. #a84cbd
  7. #a056b1
  8. #9861a5
  9. #906b98
  10. #88768c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a564bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0073ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2583f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cd5995 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a5cfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8c68f7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ce47c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cf17fa {
  color: #cf17fa;
}
Background
.bg-cf17fa {
  background-color: #cf17fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cf17fa {
  border: 2px solid #cf17fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cf17fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 207 23 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 289 96% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cf17fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cf17fa, #fa17b4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cf17fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(207 23 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.55 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.21 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 8.43 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 8.43 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.26 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.58 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 11.83 #30e805 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#cf17fa  rgb(207, 23, 250)  hsl(289, 96%, 54%)  Electric Purple
#42fa17  rgb(66, 250, 23)  hsl(109, 96%, 54%)  Neon Green
#facf17  rgb(250, 207, 23)  hsl(49, 96%, 54%)  Cyber Yellow
#17facf  rgb(23, 250, 207)  hsl(169, 96%, 54%)  Aquamarine