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#B538FE

#b538fe ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b538fe is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 21.96% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.74% cyan, 77.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 277.88°, with 99% saturation and 60.78% 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 4.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.13.

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Relative luminance0.1981

Complementary

  1. #b538fe
  2. #81fe38

Split complementary

  1. #b538fe
  2. #e4fe38
  3. #38fe52

Analogous

  1. #5238fe
  2. #b538fe
  3. #fe38e4

Triadic

  1. #b538fe
  2. #feb538
  3. #38feb5

Tetradic

  1. #b538fe
  2. #fe3881
  3. #81fe38
  4. #38feb5

Square

  1. #b538fe
  2. #fe5238
  3. #81fe38
  4. #38e4fe

Monochromatic

  1. #63019c
  2. #9301e8
  3. #b538fe
  4. #d184fe
  5. #eed0ff

Shades

#b538fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b538fe
  2. #a332e5
  3. #912dcb
  4. #7f27b2
  5. #6d2298
  6. #5b1c7f
  7. #481666
  8. #36114c
  9. #240b33
  10. #120619
  11. #000000

Tints

#b538fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b538fe
  2. #bc4cfe
  3. #c460fe
  4. #cb74fe
  5. #d388fe
  6. #da9cff
  7. #e1afff
  8. #e9c3ff
  9. #f0d7ff
  10. #f8ebff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b538fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b538fe
  2. #b03ff1
  3. #aa46e5
  4. #a54ed8
  5. #a055cc
  6. #9b5cbf
  7. #9563b2
  8. #906aa6
  9. #8b7299
  10. #85798d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9667be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007cfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa6b9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6563ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7368fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ae5bcb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b538fe {
  color: #b538fe;
}
Background
.bg-b538fe {
  background-color: #b538fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b538fe {
  border: 2px solid #b538fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b538fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 56 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 99% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b538fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b538fe, #fe38e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b538fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 56 254 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.13 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.96 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.60 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.92 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.32 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.55 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.14 #4ac701 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b538fe  rgb(181, 56, 254)  hsl(278, 99%, 61%)  Electric Purple
#81fe38  rgb(129, 254, 56)  hsl(98, 99%, 61%)  Lawn Green
#feb538  rgb(254, 181, 56)  hsl(38, 99%, 61%)  Pastel Orange
#38feb5  rgb(56, 254, 181)  hsl(158, 99%, 61%)  Medium Spring Green