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#B337F2

#b337f2 ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b337f2 is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 21.57% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.03% cyan, 77.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 279.79°, with 87.79% saturation and 58.24% 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 2.87.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.1873

Complementary

  1. #b337f2
  2. #76f237

Split complementary

  1. #b337f2
  2. #d3f237
  3. #37f256

Analogous

  1. #5637f2
  2. #b337f2
  3. #f237d3

Triadic

  1. #b337f2
  2. #f2b337
  3. #37f2b3

Tetradic

  1. #b337f2
  2. #f23776
  3. #76f237
  4. #37f2b3

Square

  1. #b337f2
  2. #f25637
  3. #76f237
  4. #37d3f2

Monochromatic

  1. #5d0987
  2. #8e0dcf
  3. #b337f2
  4. #ce7ff7
  5. #eac7fb

Shades

#b337f2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b337f2
  2. #a132da
  3. #8f2cc2
  4. #7d27a9
  5. #6b2191
  6. #5a1c79
  7. #481661
  8. #361149
  9. #240b30
  10. #120618
  11. #000000

Tints

#b337f2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b337f2
  2. #bb4bf3
  3. #c25ff5
  4. #ca73f6
  5. #d187f7
  6. #d99bf9
  7. #e1affa
  8. #e8c3fb
  9. #f0d7fc
  10. #f7ebfe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b337f2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b337f2
  2. #ae3ee7
  3. #a946db
  4. #a44dd0
  5. #9f54c4
  6. #9a5cb9
  7. #9463ae
  8. #8f6aa2
  9. #8a7197
  10. #85798b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9364b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007aee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa6595 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6760f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7566f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ae56c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b337f2 {
  color: #b337f2;
}
Background
.bg-b337f2 {
  background-color: #b337f2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b337f2 {
  border: 2px solid #b337f2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b337f2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 55 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 88% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b337f2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b337f2, #f237d3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b337f2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 55 242 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.87 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.36 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.03 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.34 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.50 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.72 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.76 #4cc80d Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b337f2  rgb(179, 55, 242)  hsl(280, 88%, 58%)  Electric Purple
#76f237  rgb(118, 242, 55)  hsl(100, 88%, 58%)  Lawn Green
#f2b337  rgb(242, 179, 55)  hsl(40, 88%, 58%)  Pastel Orange
#37f2b3  rgb(55, 242, 179)  hsl(160, 88%, 58%)  Medium Spring Green