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#B828EA

#b828ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b828ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 15.69% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.37% cyan, 82.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 284.54°, with 82.2% saturation and 53.73% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 4.64:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.6.

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Relative luminance0.1765

Complementary

  1. #b828ea
  2. #5aea28

Split complementary

  1. #b828ea
  2. #bbea28
  3. #28ea57

Analogous

  1. #5728ea
  2. #b828ea
  3. #ea28bb

Triadic

  1. #b828ea
  2. #eab828
  3. #28eab8

Tetradic

  1. #b828ea
  2. #ea285a
  3. #5aea28
  4. #28eab8

Square

  1. #b828ea
  2. #ea5728
  3. #5aea28
  4. #28bbea

Monochromatic

  1. #550b6e
  2. #8a12b4
  3. #b828ea
  4. #cf6ef1
  5. #e6b3f8

Shades

#b828ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b828ea
  2. #a624d3
  3. #9320bb
  4. #811ca4
  5. #6e188c
  6. #5c1475
  7. #4a105e
  8. #370c46
  9. #25082f
  10. #120417
  11. #000000

Tints

#b828ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b828ea
  2. #bf3eec
  3. #c653ee
  4. #cd69f0
  5. #d47ef2
  6. #dc94f5
  7. #e3a9f7
  8. #eabff9
  9. #f1d4fb
  10. #f8eafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b828ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b828ea
  2. #b231df
  3. #ad3ad5
  4. #a742ca
  5. #a24bc0
  6. #9c54b5
  7. #965daa
  8. #9166a0
  9. #8b6e95
  10. #86778b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #757575 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #945fb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006def ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1478e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b35b8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b59ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a62e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b54bba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b828ea {
  color: #b828ea;
}
Background
.bg-b828ea {
  background-color: #b828ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-b828ea {
  border: 2px solid #b828ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b828ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 40 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b828ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b828ea, #ea28bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b828ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 40 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.60 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.10 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.36 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.39 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.17 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.49 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 9.03 #47d715 Inverted #757575 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b828ea  rgb(184, 40, 234)  hsl(285, 82%, 54%)  Electric Purple
#5aea28  rgb(90, 234, 40)  hsl(105, 82%, 54%)  Neon Green
#eab828  rgb(234, 184, 40)  hsl(45, 82%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#28eab8  rgb(40, 234, 184)  hsl(165, 82%, 54%)  Aquamarine