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#B11AEA

#b11aea ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b11aea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 10.2% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.36% cyan, 88.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 283.56°, with 83.2% saturation and 50.98% 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 4.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.34.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1603

Complementary

  1. #b11aea
  2. #53ea1a

Split complementary

  1. #b11aea
  2. #bbea1a
  3. #1aea49

Analogous

  1. #491aea
  2. #b11aea
  3. #ea1abb

Triadic

  1. #b11aea
  2. #eab11a
  3. #1aeab1

Tetradic

  1. #b11aea
  2. #ea1a53
  3. #53ea1a
  4. #1aeab1

Square

  1. #b11aea
  2. #ea491a
  3. #53ea1a
  4. #1abbea

Monochromatic

  1. #4a0962
  2. #7e0fa8
  3. #b11aea
  4. #c960f0
  5. #e1a6f7

Shades

#b11aea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b11aea
  2. #9f17d3
  3. #8e15bb
  4. #7c12a4
  5. #6a108c
  6. #590d75
  7. #470a5e
  8. #350846
  9. #23052f
  10. #120317
  11. #000000

Tints

#b11aea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b11aea
  2. #b931ec
  3. #c148ee
  4. #c85ff0
  5. #d076f2
  6. #d88df5
  7. #e0a3f7
  8. #e8baf9
  9. #efd1fb
  10. #f7e8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b11aea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b11aea
  2. #ac24df
  3. #a72ed5
  4. #a239ca
  5. #9d43c0
  6. #994db5
  7. #9457aa
  8. #8f61a0
  9. #8a6c95
  10. #85768b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6f6f6f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e59ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0069ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0072e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa588b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6254ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #715be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad46b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b11aea {
  color: #b11aea;
}
Background
.bg-b11aea {
  background-color: #b11aea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-b11aea {
  border: 2px solid #b11aea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b11aea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 26 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b11aea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b11aea, #ea1abb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b11aea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 26 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.34 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.30 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.01 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.32 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.56 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.96 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.33 #4ee515 Inverted #6f6f6f Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b11aea  rgb(177, 26, 234)  hsl(284, 83%, 51%)  Electric Purple
#53ea1a  rgb(83, 234, 26)  hsl(104, 83%, 51%)  Neon Green
#eab11a  rgb(234, 177, 26)  hsl(44, 83%, 51%)  Meat Brown
#1aeab1  rgb(26, 234, 177)  hsl(164, 83%, 51%)  Caribbean Green