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#B331FB

#b331fb ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b331fb is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 19.22% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.69% cyan, 80.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 278.61°, with 96.19% 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 4.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.35.

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Relative luminance0.1875

Complementary

  1. #b331fb
  2. #79fb31

Split complementary

  1. #b331fb
  2. #defb31
  3. #31fb4e

Analogous

  1. #4e31fb
  2. #b331fb
  3. #fb31de

Triadic

  1. #b331fb
  2. #fbb331
  3. #31fbb3

Tetradic

  1. #b331fb
  2. #fb3179
  3. #79fb31
  4. #31fbb3

Square

  1. #b331fb
  2. #fb4e31
  3. #79fb31
  4. #31defb

Monochromatic

  1. #5e0390
  2. #8f04db
  3. #b331fb
  4. #cf7cfc
  5. #eac7fe

Shades

#b331fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b331fb
  2. #a12ce2
  3. #8f27c9
  4. #7d22b0
  5. #6b1d97
  6. #5a197e
  7. #481464
  8. #360f4b
  9. #240a32
  10. #120519
  11. #000000

Tints

#b331fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b331fb
  2. #bb46fb
  3. #c25afc
  4. #ca6ffc
  5. #d183fd
  6. #d998fd
  7. #e1adfd
  8. #e8c1fe
  9. #f0d6fe
  10. #f7eaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b331fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b331fb
  2. #ae39ef
  3. #a941e2
  4. #a449d6
  5. #9f51ca
  6. #9a59be
  7. #9460b1
  8. #8f68a5
  9. #8a7099
  10. #85788c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9363bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0073ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0079f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a86799 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #625ffe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7064f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ac56c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b331fb {
  color: #b331fb;
}
Background
.bg-b331fb {
  background-color: #b331fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b331fb {
  border: 2px solid #b331fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b331fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 49 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 96% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b331fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b331fb, #fb31de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b331fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 49 251 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.35 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.80 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.85 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.06 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.20 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.43 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 10.30 #4cce04 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b331fb  rgb(179, 49, 251)  hsl(279, 96%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#79fb31  rgb(121, 251, 49)  hsl(99, 96%, 59%)  Lawn Green
#fbb331  rgb(251, 179, 49)  hsl(39, 96%, 59%)  Pastel Orange
#31fbb3  rgb(49, 251, 179)  hsl(159, 96%, 59%)  Medium Spring Green