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#B017EA

#b017ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b017ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 9.02% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.79% cyan, 90.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 283.51°, with 83.4% saturation and 50.39% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. 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 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.56.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1578

Complementary

  1. #b017ea
  2. #51ea17

Split complementary

  1. #b017ea
  2. #baea17
  3. #17ea47

Analogous

  1. #4717ea
  2. #b017ea
  3. #ea17ba

Triadic

  1. #b017ea
  2. #eab017
  3. #17eab0

Tetradic

  1. #b017ea
  2. #ea1751
  3. #51ea17
  4. #17eab0

Square

  1. #b017ea
  2. #ea4717
  3. #51ea17
  4. #17baea

Monochromatic

  1. #48095f
  2. #7c0fa6
  3. #b017ea
  4. #c85df0
  5. #e0a3f7

Shades

#b017ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b017ea
  2. #9e15d3
  3. #8d12bb
  4. #7b10a4
  5. #6a0e8c
  6. #580c75
  7. #46095e
  8. #350746
  9. #23052f
  10. #120217
  11. #000000

Tints

#b017ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b017ea
  2. #b82eec
  3. #c045ee
  4. #c85df0
  5. #d074f2
  6. #d88bf5
  7. #dfa2f7
  8. #e7b9f9
  9. #efd1fb
  10. #f7e8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b017ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b017ea
  2. #ab22df
  3. #a62cd5
  4. #a237ca
  5. #9d41c0
  6. #984cb5
  7. #9356aa
  8. #8e61a0
  9. #8a6b95
  10. #85768b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6f6f6f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d58ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0068ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0071e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a9578b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6053ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #705ae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ac46b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b017ea {
  color: #b017ea;
}
Background
.bg-b017ea {
  background-color: #b017ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-b017ea {
  border: 2px solid #b017ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b017ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 23 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b017ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b017ea, #ea17ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b017ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 23 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.56 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.07 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 4.87 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.07 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.29 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.66 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.64 #4fe815 Inverted #6f6f6f Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b017ea  rgb(176, 23, 234)  hsl(284, 83%, 50%)  Electric Purple
#51ea17  rgb(81, 234, 23)  hsl(104, 83%, 50%)  Neon Green
#eab017  rgb(234, 176, 23)  hsl(44, 83%, 50%)  Meat Brown
#17eab0  rgb(23, 234, 176)  hsl(164, 83%, 50%)  Caribbean Green