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#A74BED

#a74bed ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#a74bed is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 29.41% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.54% cyan, 68.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 274.07°, with 81.82% saturation and 61.18% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.62.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1936

Complementary

  1. #a74bed
  2. #91ed4b

Split complementary

  1. #a74bed
  2. #e2ed4b
  3. #4bed56

Analogous

  1. #564bed
  2. #a74bed
  3. #ed4be2

Triadic

  1. #a74bed
  2. #eda74b
  3. #4beda7

Tetradic

  1. #a74bed
  2. #ed4b91
  3. #91ed4b
  4. #4beda7

Square

  1. #a74bed
  2. #ed564b
  3. #91ed4b
  4. #4be2ed

Monochromatic

  1. #580e91
  2. #8315d6
  3. #a74bed
  4. #c991f4
  5. #ebd6fb

Shades

#a74bed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a74bed
  2. #9644d5
  3. #863cbe
  4. #7535a6
  5. #642d8e
  6. #542677
  7. #431e5f
  8. #321747
  9. #210f2f
  10. #110818
  11. #000000

Tints

#a74bed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a74bed
  2. #b05def
  3. #b96ff1
  4. #c181f2
  5. #ca93f4
  6. #d3a5f6
  7. #dcb7f8
  8. #e5c9fa
  9. #eddbfb
  10. #f6edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a74bed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a74bed
  2. #a350e2
  3. #9f56d7
  4. #9b5bcc
  5. #9760c1
  6. #9466b7
  7. #906bac
  8. #8c70a1
  9. #887596
  10. #847b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e6ab4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0077f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #197aea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9b6f97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6568f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f6aeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a063bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a74bed {
  color: #a74bed;
}
Background
.bg-a74bed {
  background-color: #a74bed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a74bed {
  border: 2px solid #a74bed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a74bed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 75 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 274 82% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a74bed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a74bed, #ed4be2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a74bed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 75 237 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.62 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.50 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.37 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.77 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.92 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.92 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.13 #58b412 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#a74bed  rgb(167, 75, 237)  hsl(274, 82%, 61%)  Electric Purple
#91ed4b  rgb(145, 237, 75)  hsl(94, 82%, 61%)  Inchworm
#eda74b  rgb(237, 167, 75)  hsl(34, 82%, 61%)  Indian Yellow
#4beda7  rgb(75, 237, 167)  hsl(154, 82%, 61%)  Medium Spring Green