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#B136F3

#b136f3 ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b136f3 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 21.18% green and 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.16% cyan, 77.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 279.05°, with 88.73% saturation and 58.24% 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 4.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.83.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1846

Complementary

  1. #b136f3
  2. #78f336

Split complementary

  1. #b136f3
  2. #d6f336
  3. #36f353

Analogous

  1. #5336f3
  2. #b136f3
  3. #f336d6

Triadic

  1. #b136f3
  2. #f3b136
  3. #36f3b1

Tetradic

  1. #b136f3
  2. #f33678
  3. #78f336
  4. #36f3b1

Square

  1. #b136f3
  2. #f35336
  3. #78f336
  4. #36d6f3

Monochromatic

  1. #5b0888
  2. #8c0cd0
  3. #b136f3
  4. #cd7ef7
  5. #e9c6fc

Shades

#b136f3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b136f3
  2. #9f31db
  3. #8e2bc2
  4. #7c26aa
  5. #6a2092
  6. #591b7a
  7. #471661
  8. #351049
  9. #230b31
  10. #120518
  11. #000000

Tints

#b136f3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b136f3
  2. #b94af4
  3. #c15ef5
  4. #c872f7
  5. #d086f8
  6. #d89bf9
  7. #e0affa
  8. #e8c3fb
  9. #efd7fd
  10. #f7ebfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b136f3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b136f3
  2. #ac3de8
  3. #a745dc
  4. #a24cd1
  5. #9d54c5
  6. #995bba
  7. #9462ae
  8. #8f6aa3
  9. #8a7197
  10. #85798c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9263b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072f8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0079ef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a76695 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6560f6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7265f1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab56c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b136f3 {
  color: #b136f3;
}
Background
.bg-b136f3 {
  background-color: #b136f3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b136f3 {
  border: 2px solid #b136f3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b136f3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 54 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 89% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b136f3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b136f3, #f336d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b136f3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 54 243 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.83 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.93 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.12 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.42 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.10 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.27 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.89 #4ec90c Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b136f3  rgb(177, 54, 243)  hsl(279, 89%, 58%)  Electric Purple
#78f336  rgb(120, 243, 54)  hsl(99, 89%, 58%)  Lawn Green
#f3b136  rgb(243, 177, 54)  hsl(39, 89%, 58%)  Pastel Orange
#36f3b1  rgb(54, 243, 177)  hsl(159, 89%, 58%)  Medium Spring Green