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#B72DFE

#b72dfe ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b72dfe is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 17.65% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.95% cyan, 82.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 279.62°, with 99.05% saturation and 58.63% 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 4.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.03.

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Relative luminance0.191

Complementary

  1. #b72dfe
  2. #74fe2d

Split complementary

  1. #b72dfe
  2. #dcfe2d
  3. #2dfe4f

Analogous

  1. #4f2dfe
  2. #b72dfe
  3. #fe2ddc

Triadic

  1. #b72dfe
  2. #feb72d
  3. #2dfeb7

Tetradic

  1. #b72dfe
  2. #fe2d74
  3. #74fe2d
  4. #2dfeb7

Square

  1. #b72dfe
  2. #fe4f2d
  3. #74fe2d
  4. #2ddcfe

Monochromatic

  1. #600191
  2. #9301dd
  3. #b72dfe
  4. #d179fe
  5. #ebc5ff

Shades

#b72dfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b72dfe
  2. #a529e5
  3. #9224cb
  4. #8020b2
  5. #6e1b98
  6. #5c177f
  7. #491266
  8. #370e4c
  9. #250933
  10. #120519
  11. #000000

Tints

#b72dfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b72dfe
  2. #be42fe
  3. #c557fe
  4. #cd6cfe
  5. #d481fe
  6. #db96ff
  7. #e2abff
  8. #e9c0ff
  9. #f1d5ff
  10. #f8eaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b72dfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b72dfe
  2. #b235f1
  3. #ac3ee5
  4. #a746d8
  5. #a14ecc
  6. #9c57bf
  7. #965fb2
  8. #9167a6
  9. #8b6f99
  10. #86788d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9663bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007bfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ad669a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #645fff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7365fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b155ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b72dfe {
  color: #b72dfe;
}
Background
.bg-b72dfe {
  background-color: #b72dfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b72dfe {
  border: 2px solid #b72dfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b72dfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 45 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 99% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b72dfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b72dfe, #fe2ddc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b72dfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 45 254 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.03 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.15 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.10 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.38 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.60 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.99 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 10.75 #48d201 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b72dfe  rgb(183, 45, 254)  hsl(280, 99%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#74fe2d  rgb(116, 254, 45)  hsl(100, 99%, 59%)  Lawn Green
#feb72d  rgb(254, 183, 45)  hsl(40, 99%, 59%)  Pastel Orange
#2dfeb7  rgb(45, 254, 183)  hsl(160, 99%, 59%)  Medium Spring Green