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#B248EC

#b248ec ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b248ec is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.8% red, 28.24% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.58% cyan, 69.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 278.78°, with 81.19% saturation and 60.39% 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 5.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.06.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.2016

Complementary

  1. #b248ec
  2. #82ec48

Split complementary

  1. #b248ec
  2. #d4ec48
  3. #48ec60

Analogous

  1. #6048ec
  2. #b248ec
  3. #ec48d4

Triadic

  1. #b248ec
  2. #ecb248
  3. #48ecb2

Tetradic

  1. #b248ec
  2. #ec4882
  3. #82ec48
  4. #48ecb2

Square

  1. #b248ec
  2. #ec6048
  3. #82ec48
  4. #48d4ec

Monochromatic

  1. #600f8c
  2. #8f16d2
  3. #b248ec
  4. #cf8df3
  5. #ecd3fa

Shades

#b248ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b248ec
  2. #a041d4
  3. #8e3abd
  4. #7d32a5
  5. #6b2b8e
  6. #592476
  7. #471d5e
  8. #351647
  9. #240e2f
  10. #120718
  11. #000000

Tints

#b248ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b248ec
  2. #ba5aee
  3. #c16df0
  4. #c97ff2
  5. #d191f4
  6. #d9a4f6
  7. #e0b6f7
  8. #e8c8f9
  9. #f0dafb
  10. #f7edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b248ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b248ec
  2. #ad4ee1
  3. #a853d6
  4. #a359cc
  5. #9e5ec1
  6. #9964b6
  7. #946aab
  8. #8f6fa0
  9. #8a7596
  10. #857a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #956bb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0077f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2f7ee8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa6c95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e67ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a6cea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad5fbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b248ec {
  color: #b248ec;
}
Background
.bg-b248ec {
  background-color: #b248ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b248ec {
  border: 2px solid #b248ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b248ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 178 72 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 81% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b248ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b248ec, #ec48d4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b248ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(178 72 236 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.06 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.15 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.82 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.57 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.59 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.90 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.92 #4db713 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b248ec  rgb(178, 72, 236)  hsl(279, 81%, 60%)  Electric Purple
#82ec48  rgb(130, 236, 72)  hsl(99, 81%, 60%)  Lawn Green
#ecb248  rgb(236, 178, 72)  hsl(39, 81%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#48ecb2  rgb(72, 236, 178)  hsl(159, 81%, 60%)  Aquamarine