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#B142EB

#b142eb ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b142eb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 25.88% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.68% cyan, 71.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 279.41°, with 80.86% saturation and 59.02% 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 4.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 4.26.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1924

Complementary

  1. #b142eb
  2. #7ceb42

Split complementary

  1. #b142eb
  2. #d0eb42
  3. #42eb5d

Analogous

  1. #5d42eb
  2. #b142eb
  3. #eb42d0

Triadic

  1. #b142eb
  2. #ebb142
  3. #42ebb1

Tetradic

  1. #b142eb
  2. #eb427c
  3. #7ceb42
  4. #42ebb1

Square

  1. #b142eb
  2. #eb5d42
  3. #7ceb42
  4. #42d0eb

Monochromatic

  1. #5d0e86
  2. #8d15cb
  3. #b142eb
  4. #ce87f2
  5. #eaccfa

Shades

#b142eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b142eb
  2. #9f3bd4
  3. #8e35bc
  4. #7c2ea5
  5. #6a288d
  6. #592176
  7. #471a5e
  8. #351447
  9. #230d2f
  10. #120718
  11. #000000

Tints

#b142eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b142eb
  2. #b955ed
  3. #c168ef
  4. #c87bf1
  5. #d08ef3
  6. #d8a1f5
  7. #e0b3f7
  8. #e8c6f9
  9. #efd9fb
  10. #f7ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b142eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b142eb
  2. #ac48e0
  3. #a74ed6
  4. #a255cb
  5. #9d5bc0
  6. #9961b6
  7. #9467ab
  8. #8f6da0
  9. #8a7495
  10. #857a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9368b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #267be7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a96893 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b64ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7869e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad5bbd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b142eb {
  color: #b142eb;
}
Background
.bg-b142eb {
  background-color: #b142eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b142eb {
  border: 2px solid #b142eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b142eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 66 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 81% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b142eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b142eb, #eb42d0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b142eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 66 235 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.26 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.74 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.56 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.56 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.40 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.14 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.59 #4ebd14 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b142eb  rgb(177, 66, 235)  hsl(279, 81%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#7ceb42  rgb(124, 235, 66)  hsl(99, 81%, 59%)  Lawn Green
#ebb142  rgb(235, 177, 66)  hsl(39, 81%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#42ebb1  rgb(66, 235, 177)  hsl(159, 81%, 59%)  Aquamarine