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#B23DE9

#b23de9 ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b23de9 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 23.92% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.61% cyan, 73.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 280.81°, with 79.63% saturation and 57.65% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.82.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1869

Complementary

  1. #b23de9
  2. #74e93d

Split complementary

  1. #b23de9
  2. #cae93d
  3. #3de95c

Analogous

  1. #5c3de9
  2. #b23de9
  3. #e93dca

Triadic

  1. #b23de9
  2. #e9b23d
  3. #3de9b2

Tetradic

  1. #b23de9
  2. #e93d74
  3. #74e93d
  4. #3de9b2

Square

  1. #b23de9
  2. #e95c3d
  3. #74e93d
  4. #3dcae9

Monochromatic

  1. #5b0e7f
  2. #8c16c3
  3. #b23de9
  4. #cd82f1
  5. #e9c6f9

Shades

#b23de9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b23de9
  2. #a037d2
  3. #8e31ba
  4. #7d2ba3
  5. #6b258c
  6. #591f75
  7. #47185d
  8. #351246
  9. #240c2f
  10. #120617
  11. #000000

Tints

#b23de9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b23de9
  2. #ba50eb
  3. #c164ed
  4. #c977f0
  5. #d18bf2
  6. #d99ef4
  7. #e0b1f6
  8. #e8c5f8
  9. #f0d8fb
  10. #f7ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b23de9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b23de9
  2. #ad44df
  3. #a84ad4
  4. #a351ca
  5. #9e58bf
  6. #995fb5
  7. #9465aa
  8. #8f6ca0
  9. #8a7395
  10. #85798b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9365b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #247ae5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ab6591 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b61ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7867e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ae57bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b23de9 {
  color: #b23de9;
}
Background
.bg-b23de9 {
  background-color: #b23de9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b23de9 {
  border: 2px solid #b23de9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b23de9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 61 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b23de9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b23de9, #e93dca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b23de9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 61 233 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.82 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.00 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.94 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.09 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.68 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.91 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.33 #4dc216 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b23de9  rgb(178, 61, 233)  hsl(281, 80%, 58%)  Electric Purple
#74e93d  rgb(116, 233, 61)  hsl(101, 80%, 58%)  Lawn Green
#e9b23d  rgb(233, 178, 61)  hsl(41, 80%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#3de9b2  rgb(61, 233, 178)  hsl(161, 80%, 58%)  Aquamarine