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#B042EA

#b042ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b042ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 25.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.79% cyan, 71.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 279.29°, with 80% saturation and 58.82% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 4.3.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1907

Complementary

  1. #b042ea
  2. #7cea42

Split complementary

  1. #b042ea
  2. #d0ea42
  3. #42ea5c

Analogous

  1. #5c42ea
  2. #b042ea
  3. #ea42d0

Triadic

  1. #b042ea
  2. #eab042
  3. #42eab0

Tetradic

  1. #b042ea
  2. #ea427c
  3. #7cea42
  4. #42eab0

Square

  1. #b042ea
  2. #ea5c42
  3. #7cea42
  4. #42d0ea

Monochromatic

  1. #5c0f84
  2. #8b16c9
  3. #b042ea
  4. #cd87f2
  5. #eaccf9

Shades

#b042ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b042ea
  2. #9e3bd3
  3. #8d35bb
  4. #7b2ea4
  5. #6a288c
  6. #582175
  7. #461a5e
  8. #351446
  9. #230d2f
  10. #120717
  11. #000000

Tints

#b042ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b042ea
  2. #b855ec
  3. #c068ee
  4. #c87bf0
  5. #d08ef2
  6. #d8a1f5
  7. #dfb3f7
  8. #e7c6f9
  9. #efd9fb
  10. #f7ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b042ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b042ea
  2. #ab48df
  3. #a64ed5
  4. #a255ca
  5. #9d5bc0
  6. #9861b5
  7. #9367aa
  8. #8e6da0
  9. #8a7495
  10. #857a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9267b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #257be6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a86893 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b64ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7769e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ac5bbc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b042ea {
  color: #b042ea;
}
Background
.bg-b042ea {
  background-color: #b042ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b042ea {
  border: 2px solid #b042ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b042ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 66 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 80% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b042ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b042ea, #ea42d0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b042ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 66 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.30 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.80 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.34 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.44 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.36 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.94 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.43 #4fbd15 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b042ea  rgb(176, 66, 234)  hsl(279, 80%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#7cea42  rgb(124, 234, 66)  hsl(99, 80%, 59%)  Lawn Green
#eab042  rgb(234, 176, 66)  hsl(39, 80%, 59%)  Goldenrod
#42eab0  rgb(66, 234, 176)  hsl(159, 80%, 59%)  Aquamarine