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#B040EA

#b040ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b040ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 25.1% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.79% cyan, 72.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 279.53°, with 80.19% saturation and 58.43% 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 4.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 4.08.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1884

Complementary

  1. #b040ea
  2. #7aea40

Split complementary

  1. #b040ea
  2. #cfea40
  3. #40ea5b

Analogous

  1. #5b40ea
  2. #b040ea
  3. #ea40cf

Triadic

  1. #b040ea
  2. #eab040
  3. #40eab0

Tetradic

  1. #b040ea
  2. #ea407a
  3. #7aea40
  4. #40eab0

Square

  1. #b040ea
  2. #ea5b40
  3. #7aea40
  4. #40cfea

Monochromatic

  1. #5b0e83
  2. #8b16c8
  3. #b040ea
  4. #cd85f2
  5. #e9caf9

Shades

#b040ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b040ea
  2. #9e3ad3
  3. #8d33bb
  4. #7b2da4
  5. #6a268c
  6. #582075
  7. #461a5e
  8. #351346
  9. #230d2f
  10. #120617
  11. #000000

Tints

#b040ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b040ea
  2. #b853ec
  3. #c066ee
  4. #c879f0
  5. #d08cf2
  6. #d8a0f5
  7. #dfb3f7
  8. #e7c6f9
  9. #efd9fb
  10. #f7ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b040ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b040ea
  2. #ab46df
  3. #a64dd5
  4. #a253ca
  5. #9d5ac0
  6. #9860b5
  7. #9366aa
  8. #8e6da0
  9. #8a7395
  10. #857a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9266b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0073ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #227ae6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a86792 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a63ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7768e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ac5abc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b040ea {
  color: #b040ea;
}
Background
.bg-b040ea {
  background-color: #b040ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b040ea {
  border: 2px solid #b040ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b040ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 64 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b040ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b040ea, #ea40cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b040ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 64 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.08 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.01 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.09 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.16 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.59 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.69 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.37 #4fbf15 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b040ea  rgb(176, 64, 234)  hsl(280, 80%, 58%)  Electric Purple
#7aea40  rgb(122, 234, 64)  hsl(100, 80%, 58%)  Lawn Green
#eab040  rgb(234, 176, 64)  hsl(40, 80%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#40eab0  rgb(64, 234, 176)  hsl(160, 80%, 58%)  Aquamarine