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#B428FE

#b428fe ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b428fe is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 15.69% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.13% cyan, 84.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 279.25°, with 99.07% saturation and 57.65% 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 4.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 1.82.

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Relative luminance0.1838

Complementary

  1. #b428fe
  2. #72fe28

Split complementary

  1. #b428fe
  2. #ddfe28
  3. #28fe49

Analogous

  1. #4928fe
  2. #b428fe
  3. #fe28dd

Triadic

  1. #b428fe
  2. #feb428
  3. #28feb4

Tetradic

  1. #b428fe
  2. #fe2872
  3. #72fe28
  4. #28feb4

Square

  1. #b428fe
  2. #fe4928
  3. #72fe28
  4. #28ddfe

Monochromatic

  1. #5c018c
  2. #8e01d9
  3. #b428fe
  4. #cf74fe
  5. #e9c0ff

Shades

#b428fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b428fe
  2. #a224e5
  3. #9020cb
  4. #7e1cb2
  5. #6c1898
  6. #5a147f
  7. #481066
  8. #360c4c
  9. #240833
  10. #120419
  11. #000000

Tints

#b428fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b428fe
  2. #bc3efe
  3. #c353fe
  4. #cb69fe
  5. #d27efe
  6. #da94ff
  7. #e1a9ff
  8. #e9bfff
  9. #f0d4ff
  10. #f8eaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b428fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b428fe
  2. #af31f1
  3. #aa3ae5
  4. #a442d8
  5. #9f4bcc
  6. #9a54bf
  7. #955db2
  8. #9066a6
  9. #8a6e99
  10. #85778d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9361bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0078fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a96599 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #605dff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f62fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad53c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b428fe {
  color: #b428fe;
}
Background
.bg-b428fe {
  background-color: #b428fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b428fe {
  border: 2px solid #b428fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b428fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 40 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 99% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b428fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b428fe, #fe28dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b428fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 40 254 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 1.82 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.23 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 7.69 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.79 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.17 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.71 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 9.93 #4bd701 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b428fe  rgb(180, 40, 254)  hsl(279, 99%, 58%)  Electric Purple
#72fe28  rgb(114, 254, 40)  hsl(99, 99%, 58%)  Lawn Green
#feb428  rgb(254, 180, 40)  hsl(39, 99%, 58%)  Pastel Orange
#28feb4  rgb(40, 254, 180)  hsl(159, 99%, 58%)  Medium Spring Green