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#B23EEE

#b23eee ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b23eee is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 24.31% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.21% cyan, 73.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 279.55°, with 83.81% saturation and 58.82% 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 4.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.7.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1908

Complementary

  1. #b23eee
  2. #7aee3e

Split complementary

  1. #b23eee
  2. #d2ee3e
  3. #3eee5a

Analogous

  1. #5a3eee
  2. #b23eee
  3. #ee3ed2

Triadic

  1. #b23eee
  2. #eeb23e
  3. #3eeeb2

Tetradic

  1. #b23eee
  2. #ee3e7a
  3. #7aee3e
  4. #3eeeb2

Square

  1. #b23eee
  2. #ee5a3e
  3. #7aee3e
  4. #3ed2ee

Monochromatic

  1. #5d0c87
  2. #8e12cd
  3. #b23eee
  4. #ce84f4
  5. #eacbfa

Shades

#b23eee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b23eee
  2. #a038d6
  3. #8e32be
  4. #7d2ba7
  5. #6b258f
  6. #591f77
  7. #47195f
  8. #351347
  9. #240c30
  10. #120618
  11. #000000

Tints

#b23eee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b23eee
  2. #ba51f0
  3. #c165f1
  4. #c978f3
  5. #d18bf5
  6. #d99ff7
  7. #e0b2f8
  8. #e8c5fa
  9. #f0d8fc
  10. #f7ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b23eee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b23eee
  2. #ad45e3
  3. #a84bd8
  4. #a352cd
  5. #9e58c2
  6. #995fb7
  7. #9466ac
  8. #8f6ca1
  9. #8a7396
  10. #85798b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9366b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1a7bea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa6794 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a63f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7768ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad59bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b23eee {
  color: #b23eee;
}
Background
.bg-b23eee {
  background-color: #b23eee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b23eee {
  border: 2px solid #b23eee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b23eee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 62 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 84% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b23eee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b23eee, #ee3ed2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b23eee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 62 238 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.70 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.23 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.11 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.49 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.91 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.95 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.38 #4dc111 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b23eee  rgb(178, 62, 238)  hsl(280, 84%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#7aee3e  rgb(122, 238, 62)  hsl(100, 84%, 59%)  Lawn Green
#eeb23e  rgb(238, 178, 62)  hsl(40, 84%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#3eeeb2  rgb(62, 238, 178)  hsl(160, 84%, 59%)  Aquamarine