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#B136FA

#b136fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b136fa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 21.18% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.2% cyan, 78.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 277.65°, with 95.15% saturation and 59.61% 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 4.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.84.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1889

Complementary

  1. #b136fa
  2. #7ffa36

Split complementary

  1. #b136fa
  2. #e1fa36
  3. #36fa4f

Analogous

  1. #4f36fa
  2. #b136fa
  3. #fa36e1

Triadic

  1. #b136fa
  2. #fab136
  3. #36fab1

Tetradic

  1. #b136fa
  2. #fa367f
  3. #7ffa36
  4. #36fab1

Square

  1. #b136fa
  2. #fa4f36
  3. #7ffa36
  4. #36e1fa

Monochromatic

  1. #5e0493
  2. #8d06de
  3. #b136fa
  4. #ce81fc
  5. #ebcbfe

Shades

#b136fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b136fa
  2. #9f31e1
  3. #8e2bc8
  4. #7c26af
  5. #6a2096
  6. #591b7d
  7. #471664
  8. #35104b
  9. #230b32
  10. #120519
  11. #000000

Tints

#b136fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b136fa
  2. #b94afb
  3. #c15efb
  4. #c872fc
  5. #d086fc
  6. #d89bfd
  7. #e0affd
  8. #e8c3fe
  9. #efd7fe
  10. #f7ebff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b136fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b136fa
  2. #ac3dee
  3. #a745e2
  4. #a24cd5
  5. #9d54c9
  6. #995bbd
  7. #9462b1
  8. #8f6aa5
  9. #8a7198
  10. #85798c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9264bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007af6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a56999 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6261fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7065f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aa59c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b136fa {
  color: #b136fa;
}
Background
.bg-b136fa {
  background-color: #b136fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b136fa {
  border: 2px solid #b136fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b136fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 54 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b136fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b136fa, #fa36e1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b136fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 54 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.84 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.01 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.86 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.88 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.34 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.46 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.13 #4ec905 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b136fa  rgb(177, 54, 250)  hsl(278, 95%, 60%)  Electric Purple
#7ffa36  rgb(127, 250, 54)  hsl(98, 95%, 60%)  Lawn Green
#fab136  rgb(250, 177, 54)  hsl(38, 95%, 60%)  Pastel Orange
#36fab1  rgb(54, 250, 177)  hsl(158, 95%, 60%)  Medium Spring Green