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#B042ED

#b042ed ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b042ed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.74% cyan, 72.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 278.6°, with 82.61% saturation and 59.41% 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 4.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 4.2.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1924

Complementary

  1. #b042ed
  2. #7fed42

Split complementary

  1. #b042ed
  2. #d4ed42
  3. #42ed5b

Analogous

  1. #5b42ed
  2. #b042ed
  3. #ed42d4

Triadic

  1. #b042ed
  2. #edb042
  3. #42edb0

Tetradic

  1. #b042ed
  2. #ed427f
  3. #7fed42
  4. #42edb0

Square

  1. #b042ed
  2. #ed5b42
  3. #7fed42
  4. #42d4ed

Monochromatic

  1. #5d0d89
  2. #8c14cf
  3. #b042ed
  4. #cd88f4
  5. #eacefa

Shades

#b042ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b042ed
  2. #9e3bd5
  3. #8d35be
  4. #7b2ea6
  5. #6a288e
  6. #582177
  7. #461a5f
  8. #351447
  9. #230d2f
  10. #120718
  11. #000000

Tints

#b042ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b042ed
  2. #b855ef
  3. #c068f1
  4. #c87bf2
  5. #d08ef4
  6. #d8a1f6
  7. #dfb3f8
  8. #e7c6fa
  9. #efd9fb
  10. #f7ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b042ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b042ed
  2. #ab48e2
  3. #a64ed7
  4. #a255cc
  5. #9d5bc1
  6. #9861b7
  7. #9367ac
  8. #8e6da1
  9. #8a7496
  10. #857a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9268b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0075f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1e7be9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a86994 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a64f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7669eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab5cbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b042ed {
  color: #b042ed;
}
Background
.bg-b042ed {
  background-color: #b042ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b042ed {
  border: 2px solid #b042ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b042ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 66 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 83% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b042ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b042ed, #ed42d4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b042ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 66 237 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.20 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.03 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.38 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.61 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.47 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.02 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.60 #4fbd12 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b042ed  rgb(176, 66, 237)  hsl(279, 83%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#7fed42  rgb(127, 237, 66)  hsl(99, 83%, 59%)  Lawn Green
#edb042  rgb(237, 176, 66)  hsl(39, 83%, 59%)  Marigold
#42edb0  rgb(66, 237, 176)  hsl(159, 83%, 59%)  Medium Spring Green