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#B74AFA

#b74afa ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b74afa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 71.76% red, 29.02% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.8% cyan, 70.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 277.16°, with 94.62% saturation and 63.53% 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 5.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.59.

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Relative luminance0.2187

Complementary

  1. #b74afa
  2. #8dfa4a

Split complementary

  1. #b74afa
  2. #e5fa4a
  3. #4afa5f

Analogous

  1. #5f4afa
  2. #b74afa
  3. #fa4ae5

Triadic

  1. #b74afa
  2. #fab74a
  3. #4afab7

Tetradic

  1. #b74afa
  2. #fa4a8d
  3. #8dfa4a
  4. #4afab7

Square

  1. #b74afa
  2. #fa5f4a
  3. #8dfa4a
  4. #4ae5fa

Monochromatic

  1. #6905a6
  2. #9807f1
  3. #b74afa
  4. #d594fc
  5. #f2dffe

Shades

#b74afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b74afa
  2. #a543e1
  3. #923bc8
  4. #8034af
  5. #6e2c96
  6. #5c257d
  7. #491e64
  8. #37164b
  9. #250f32
  10. #120719
  11. #000000

Tints

#b74afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b74afa
  2. #be5cfb
  3. #c56efb
  4. #cd80fc
  5. #d492fc
  6. #dba5fd
  7. #e2b7fd
  8. #e9c9fe
  9. #f1dbfe
  10. #f8edff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b74afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b74afa
  2. #b24fee
  3. #ac55e2
  4. #a75ad5
  5. #a160c9
  6. #9c65bd
  7. #966ab1
  8. #9170a5
  9. #8b7598
  10. #867b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #996fbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2182f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ad729e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f6cfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b70f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b164c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b74afa {
  color: #b74afa;
}
Background
.bg-b74afa {
  background-color: #b74afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b74afa {
  border: 2px solid #b74afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b74afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 183 74 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 277 95% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b74afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b74afa, #fa4ae5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b74afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(183 74 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.59 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.10 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.67 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.65 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.92 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.69 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 10.69 #48b505 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b74afa  rgb(183, 74, 250)  hsl(277, 95%, 64%)  Electric Purple
#8dfa4a  rgb(141, 250, 74)  hsl(97, 95%, 64%)  Lawn Green
#fab74a  rgb(250, 183, 74)  hsl(37, 95%, 64%)  Pastel Orange
#4afab7  rgb(74, 250, 183)  hsl(157, 95%, 64%)  Medium Spring Green