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#B237F2

#b237f2 ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b237f2 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 21.57% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.45% cyan, 77.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 279.47°, with 87.79% 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 4.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.89.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1861

Complementary

  1. #b237f2
  2. #77f237

Split complementary

  1. #b237f2
  2. #d4f237
  3. #37f255

Analogous

  1. #5537f2
  2. #b237f2
  3. #f237d4

Triadic

  1. #b237f2
  2. #f2b237
  3. #37f2b2

Tetradic

  1. #b237f2
  2. #f23777
  3. #77f237
  4. #37f2b2

Square

  1. #b237f2
  2. #f25537
  3. #77f237
  4. #37d4f2

Monochromatic

  1. #5c0987
  2. #8d0dcf
  3. #b237f2
  4. #ce7ff7
  5. #e9c7fb

Shades

#b237f2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b237f2
  2. #a032da
  3. #8e2cc2
  4. #7d27a9
  5. #6b2191
  6. #591c79
  7. #471661
  8. #351149
  9. #240b30
  10. #120618
  11. #000000

Tints

#b237f2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b237f2
  2. #ba4bf3
  3. #c15ff5
  4. #c973f6
  5. #d187f7
  6. #d99bf9
  7. #e0affa
  8. #e8c3fb
  9. #f0d7fc
  10. #f7ebfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b237f2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b237f2
  2. #ad3ee7
  3. #a846db
  4. #a34dd0
  5. #9e54c4
  6. #995cb9
  7. #9463ae
  8. #8f6aa2
  9. #8a7197
  10. #85798b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9364b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0079ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a96695 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6660f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7465f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad57c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b237f2 {
  color: #b237f2;
}
Background
.bg-b237f2 {
  background-color: #b237f2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b237f2 {
  border: 2px solid #b237f2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b237f2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 55 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 88% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b237f2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b237f2, #f237d4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b237f2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 55 242 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.89 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.21 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.15 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.22 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.33 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.55 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.76 #4dc80d Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b237f2  rgb(178, 55, 242)  hsl(279, 88%, 58%)  Electric Purple
#77f237  rgb(119, 242, 55)  hsl(99, 88%, 58%)  Lawn Green
#f2b237  rgb(242, 178, 55)  hsl(39, 88%, 58%)  Pastel Orange
#37f2b2  rgb(55, 242, 178)  hsl(159, 88%, 58%)  Medium Spring Green