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#B402EA

#b402ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#b402ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 0.78% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.08% cyan, 99.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 286.03°, with 98.31% saturation and 46.27% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 5.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.56.

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Web safe#cc00ff
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Relative luminance0.1569

Complementary

  1. #b402ea
  2. #38ea02

Split complementary

  1. #b402ea
  2. #acea02
  3. #02ea40

Analogous

  1. #4002ea
  2. #b402ea
  3. #ea02ac

Triadic

  1. #b402ea
  2. #eab402
  3. #02eab4

Tetradic

  1. #b402ea
  2. #ea0238
  3. #38ea02
  4. #02eab4

Square

  1. #b402ea
  2. #ea4002
  3. #38ea02
  4. #02acea

Monochromatic

  1. #3f0152
  2. #7a019e
  3. #b402ea
  4. #d03bfd
  5. #e287fe

Shades

#b402ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b402ea
  2. #a202d3
  3. #9002bb
  4. #7e01a4
  5. #6c018c
  6. #5a0175
  7. #48015e
  8. #360146
  9. #24002f
  10. #120017
  11. #000000

Tints

#b402ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b402ea
  2. #bc1bec
  3. #c335ee
  4. #cb4ef0
  5. #d267f2
  6. #da81f5
  7. #e19af7
  8. #e9b3f9
  9. #f0ccfb
  10. #f8e6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b402ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b402ea
  2. #af0fdf
  3. #aa1bd5
  4. #a428ca
  5. #9f34c0
  6. #9a41b5
  7. #954eaa
  8. #905aa0
  9. #8a6795
  10. #85738b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6e6e6e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f57ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0067ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0072e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ae538a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6350ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7359e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b140b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b402ea {
  color: #b402ea;
}
Background
.bg-b402ea {
  background-color: #b402ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-b402ea {
  border: 2px solid #b402ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b402ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 2 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 286 98% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b402ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b402ea, #ea02ac);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b402ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 2 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.56 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.37 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 5.20 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.52 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.59 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.71 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.87 #4bfd15 Inverted #6e6e6e Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b402ea  rgb(180, 2, 234)  hsl(286, 98%, 46%)  Electric Purple
#38ea02  rgb(56, 234, 2)  hsl(106, 98%, 46%)  Neon Green
#eab402  rgb(234, 180, 2)  hsl(46, 98%, 46%)  Meat Brown
#02eab4  rgb(2, 234, 180)  hsl(166, 98%, 46%)  Caribbean Green