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#B136E8

#b136e8 ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b136e8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.71% cyan, 76.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 281.46°, with 79.46% saturation and 56.08% 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 4.6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.4.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1781

Complementary

  1. #b136e8
  2. #6de836

Split complementary

  1. #b136e8
  2. #c6e836
  3. #36e858

Analogous

  1. #5836e8
  2. #b136e8
  3. #e836c6

Triadic

  1. #b136e8
  2. #e8b136
  3. #36e8b1

Tetradic

  1. #b136e8
  2. #e8366d
  3. #6de836
  4. #36e8b1

Square

  1. #b136e8
  2. #e85836
  3. #6de836
  4. #36c6e8

Monochromatic

  1. #570e77
  2. #8916bc
  3. #b136e8
  4. #cc7bf0
  5. #e6bff8

Shades

#b136e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b136e8
  2. #9f31d1
  3. #8e2bba
  4. #7c26a2
  5. #6a208b
  6. #591b74
  7. #47165d
  8. #351046
  9. #230b2e
  10. #120517
  11. #000000

Tints

#b136e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b136e8
  2. #b94aea
  3. #c15eed
  4. #c872ef
  5. #d086f1
  6. #d89bf4
  7. #e0aff6
  8. #e8c3f8
  9. #efd7fa
  10. #f7ebfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b136e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b136e8
  2. #ac3dde
  3. #a745d3
  4. #a24cc9
  5. #9d54be
  6. #995bb4
  7. #9462aa
  8. #8f6a9f
  9. #8a7195
  10. #85798a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #757575 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9162af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006fed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1878e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ab618f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #695deb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7664e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad53b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b136e8 {
  color: #b136e8;
}
Background
.bg-b136e8 {
  background-color: #b136e8;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-b136e8 {
  border: 2px solid #b136e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b136e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 54 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 79% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b136e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b136e8, #e836c6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b136e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 54 232 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.40 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.04 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.18 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.86 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 7.79 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.44 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 9.15 #4ec917 Inverted #757575 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b136e8  rgb(177, 54, 232)  hsl(281, 79%, 56%)  Electric Purple
#6de836  rgb(109, 232, 54)  hsl(101, 79%, 56%)  Lawn Green
#e8b136  rgb(232, 177, 54)  hsl(41, 79%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#36e8b1  rgb(54, 232, 177)  hsl(161, 79%, 56%)  Caribbean Green