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#740BEE

#740bee ≈ Electric Indigo

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#740bee is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.49% red, 4.31% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.26% cyan, 95.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 267.75°, with 91.16% saturation and 48.82% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Indigo (#6f00ff), ΔE 1.87.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#6600ff
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Relative luminance0.1013

Complementary

  1. #740bee
  2. #85ee0b

Split complementary

  1. #740bee
  2. #eee50b
  3. #14ee0b

Analogous

  1. #0b14ee
  2. #740bee
  3. #e50bee

Triadic

  1. #740bee
  2. #ee740b
  3. #0bee74

Tetradic

  1. #740bee
  2. #ee0b85
  3. #85ee0b
  4. #0bee74

Square

  1. #740bee
  2. #ee0b14
  3. #85ee0b
  4. #0beee5

Monochromatic

  1. #2d045c
  2. #5008a5
  3. #740bee
  4. #9c4ff7
  5. #c598fa

Shades

#740bee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #740bee
  2. #680ad6
  3. #5d09be
  4. #5108a7
  5. #46078f
  6. #3a0677
  7. #2e045f
  8. #230347
  9. #170230
  10. #0c0118
  11. #000000

Tints

#740bee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #740bee
  2. #8223f0
  3. #903cf1
  4. #9e54f3
  5. #ac6df5
  6. #ba85f7
  7. #c79df8
  8. #d5b6fa
  9. #e3cefc
  10. #f1e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#740bee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #740bee
  2. #7517e3
  3. #7622d8
  4. #782ecd
  5. #793ac2
  6. #7a46b7
  7. #7b51ac
  8. #7c5da1
  9. #7e6996
  10. #7f748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #5a5a5a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6546aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #005cf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0055ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #495f8c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0049f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0043ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5d4bbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-740bee {
  color: #740bee;
}
Background
.bg-740bee {
  background-color: #740bee;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-740bee {
  border: 2px solid #740bee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #740bee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 116 11 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 268 91% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-740bee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #740bee, #e50bee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-740bee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(116 11 238 / 0.35);
}

#6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 1.87 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 3.72 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 4.63 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 4.82 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 5.23 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 5.84 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.06 #8bf411 Inverted #5a5a5a Grayscale 

Electric Indigo
#740bee  rgb(116, 11, 238)  hsl(268, 91%, 49%)  Electric Indigo
#85ee0b  rgb(133, 238, 11)  hsl(88, 91%, 49%)  Lawn Green
#ee740b  rgb(238, 116, 11)  hsl(28, 91%, 49%)  Pumpkin
#0bee74  rgb(11, 238, 116)  hsl(148, 91%, 49%)  Spring Green