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#B136E6

#b136e6 ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b136e6 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 21.18% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.04% cyan, 76.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 281.93°, with 77.88% saturation and 55.69% 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 brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.63:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.57.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.177

Complementary

  1. #b136e6
  2. #6be636

Split complementary

  1. #b136e6
  2. #c3e636
  3. #36e659

Analogous

  1. #5936e6
  2. #b136e6
  3. #e636c3

Triadic

  1. #b136e6
  2. #e6b136
  3. #36e6b1

Tetradic

  1. #b136e6
  2. #e6366b
  3. #6be636
  4. #36e6b1

Square

  1. #b136e6
  2. #e65936
  3. #6be636
  4. #36c3e6

Monochromatic

  1. #560e75
  2. #8817b9
  3. #b136e6
  4. #cb7aee
  5. #e6bef7

Shades

#b136e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b136e6
  2. #9f31cf
  3. #8e2bb8
  4. #7c26a1
  5. #6a208a
  6. #591b73
  7. #47165c
  8. #351045
  9. #230b2e
  10. #120517
  11. #000000

Tints

#b136e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b136e6
  2. #b94ae9
  3. #c15eeb
  4. #c872ee
  5. #d086f0
  6. #d89bf3
  7. #e0aff5
  8. #e8c3f8
  9. #efd7fa
  10. #f7ebfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b136e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b136e6
  2. #ac3ddc
  3. #a745d2
  4. #a24cc7
  5. #9d54bd
  6. #995bb3
  7. #9462a9
  8. #8f6a9f
  9. #8a7194
  10. #85798a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #757575 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9162ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006feb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1e77e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ab608d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #695de9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7763e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad52b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b136e6 {
  color: #b136e6;
}
Background
.bg-b136e6 {
  background-color: #b136e6;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-b136e6 {
  border: 2px solid #b136e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b136e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 54 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 78% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b136e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b136e6, #e636c3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b136e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 54 230 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.57 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.87 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.27 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.78 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 7.77 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.51 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.01 #4ec919 Inverted #757575 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b136e6  rgb(177, 54, 230)  hsl(282, 78%, 56%)  Electric Purple
#6be636  rgb(107, 230, 54)  hsl(102, 78%, 56%)  Lawn Green
#e6b136  rgb(230, 177, 54)  hsl(42, 78%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#36e6b1  rgb(54, 230, 177)  hsl(162, 78%, 56%)  Caribbean Green