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#B311EA

#b311ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b311ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 6.67% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.5% cyan, 92.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 284.79°, with 86.45% saturation and 49.22% 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 call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.02:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.36.

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Web safe#cc00ff
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Relative luminance0.1593

Complementary

  1. #b311ea
  2. #48ea11

Split complementary

  1. #b311ea
  2. #b5ea11
  3. #11ea46

Analogous

  1. #4611ea
  2. #b311ea
  3. #ea11b5

Triadic

  1. #b311ea
  2. #eab311
  3. #11eab3

Tetradic

  1. #b311ea
  2. #ea1148
  3. #48ea11
  4. #11eab3

Square

  1. #b311ea
  2. #ea4611
  3. #48ea11
  4. #11b5ea

Monochromatic

  1. #46075b
  2. #7c0ca3
  3. #b311ea
  4. #cb55f3
  5. #e19cf8

Shades

#b311ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b311ea
  2. #a10fd3
  3. #8f0ebb
  4. #7d0ca4
  5. #6b0a8c
  6. #5a0975
  7. #48075e
  8. #360546
  9. #24032f
  10. #120217
  11. #000000

Tints

#b311ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b311ea
  2. #bb29ec
  3. #c241ee
  4. #ca58f0
  5. #d170f2
  6. #d988f5
  7. #e1a0f7
  8. #e8b8f9
  9. #f0cffb
  10. #f7e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b311ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b311ea
  2. #ae1cdf
  3. #a927d5
  4. #a432ca
  5. #9f3dc0
  6. #9a49b5
  7. #9454aa
  8. #8f5fa0
  9. #8a6a95
  10. #85758b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6f6f6f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f58ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0068ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0072e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ad558a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6352ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #735be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #af44b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b311ea {
  color: #b311ea;
}
Background
.bg-b311ea {
  background-color: #b311ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-b311ea {
  border: 2px solid #b311ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b311ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 17 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b311ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b311ea, #ea11b5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b311ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 17 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.36 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.40 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.15 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.51 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.66 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.92 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.51 #4cee15 Inverted #6f6f6f Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b311ea  rgb(179, 17, 234)  hsl(285, 86%, 49%)  Electric Purple
#48ea11  rgb(72, 234, 17)  hsl(105, 86%, 49%)  Neon Green
#eab311  rgb(234, 179, 17)  hsl(45, 86%, 49%)  Meat Brown
#11eab3  rgb(17, 234, 179)  hsl(165, 86%, 49%)  Caribbean Green