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#B140F0

#b140f0 ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b140f0 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 25.1% green and 94.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.25% cyan, 73.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.88% black. Its hue angle is 278.52°, with 85.44% 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 4.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.88.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1931

Complementary

  1. #b140f0
  2. #7ff040

Split complementary

  1. #b140f0
  2. #d7f040
  3. #40f059

Analogous

  1. #5940f0
  2. #b140f0
  3. #f040d7

Triadic

  1. #b140f0
  2. #f0b140
  3. #40f0b1

Tetradic

  1. #b140f0
  2. #f0407f
  3. #7ff040
  4. #40f0b1

Square

  1. #b140f0
  2. #f05940
  3. #7ff040
  4. #40d7f0

Monochromatic

  1. #5e0b8c
  2. #8d11d3
  3. #b140f0
  4. #ce87f6
  5. #ebcefb

Shades

#b140f0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b140f0
  2. #9f3ad8
  3. #8e33c0
  4. #7c2da8
  5. #6a2690
  6. #592078
  7. #471a60
  8. #351348
  9. #230d30
  10. #120618
  11. #000000

Tints

#b140f0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b140f0
  2. #b953f2
  3. #c166f3
  4. #c879f5
  5. #d08cf6
  6. #d8a0f8
  7. #e0b3f9
  8. #e8c6fb
  9. #efd9fc
  10. #f7ecfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b140f0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b140f0
  2. #ac46e5
  3. #a74dda
  4. #a253ce
  5. #9d5ac3
  6. #9960b8
  7. #9466ad
  8. #8f6da2
  9. #8a7396
  10. #857a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9367b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0075f5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #147bec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a86995 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6964f3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7669ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ac5bc0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b140f0 {
  color: #b140f0;
}
Background
.bg-b140f0 {
  background-color: #b140f0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b140f0 {
  border: 2px solid #b140f0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b140f0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 64 240;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 85% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b140f0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b140f0, #f040d7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b140f0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 64 240 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.88 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.32 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.21 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.78 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.81 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.04 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.47 #4ebf0f Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b140f0  rgb(177, 64, 240)  hsl(279, 85%, 60%)  Electric Purple
#7ff040  rgb(127, 240, 64)  hsl(99, 85%, 60%)  Lawn Green
#f0b140  rgb(240, 177, 64)  hsl(39, 85%, 60%)  Pastel Orange
#40f0b1  rgb(64, 240, 177)  hsl(159, 85%, 60%)  Medium Spring Green