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#B112EA

#b112ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b112ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 7.06% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.36% cyan, 92.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 284.17°, with 85.71% saturation and 49.41% 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 5.07:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.58.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1572

Complementary

  1. #b112ea
  2. #4bea12

Split complementary

  1. #b112ea
  2. #b7ea12
  3. #12ea45

Analogous

  1. #4512ea
  2. #b112ea
  3. #ea12b7

Triadic

  1. #b112ea
  2. #eab112
  3. #12eab1

Tetradic

  1. #b112ea
  2. #ea124b
  3. #4bea12
  4. #12eab1

Square

  1. #b112ea
  2. #ea4512
  3. #4bea12
  4. #12b7ea

Monochromatic

  1. #46075c
  2. #7b0da3
  3. #b112ea
  4. #c956f2
  5. #e09df7

Shades

#b112ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b112ea
  2. #9f10d3
  3. #8e0ebb
  4. #7c0da4
  5. #6a0b8c
  6. #590975
  7. #47075e
  8. #350546
  9. #23042f
  10. #120217
  11. #000000

Tints

#b112ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b112ea
  2. #b92aec
  3. #c141ee
  4. #c859f0
  5. #d071f2
  6. #d889f5
  7. #e0a0f7
  8. #e8b8f9
  9. #efd0fb
  10. #f7e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b112ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b112ea
  2. #ac1ddf
  3. #a728d5
  4. #a233ca
  5. #9d3ec0
  6. #9949b5
  7. #9454aa
  8. #8f5fa0
  9. #8a6a95
  10. #85758b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6e6e6e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e58ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0067ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0071e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa568b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6152ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #705ae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad44b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b112ea {
  color: #b112ea;
}
Background
.bg-b112ea {
  background-color: #b112ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-b112ea {
  border: 2px solid #b112ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b112ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 18 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b112ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b112ea, #ea12b7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b112ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 18 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.58 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.12 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 4.94 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.16 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.33 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.62 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.75 #4eed15 Inverted #6e6e6e Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b112ea  rgb(177, 18, 234)  hsl(284, 86%, 49%)  Electric Purple
#4bea12  rgb(75, 234, 18)  hsl(104, 86%, 49%)  Neon Green
#eab112  rgb(234, 177, 18)  hsl(44, 86%, 49%)  Meat Brown
#12eab1  rgb(18, 234, 177)  hsl(164, 86%, 49%)  Caribbean Green