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#B837FA

#b837fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b837fa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 21.57% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.4% cyan, 78% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 279.69°, with 95.12% saturation and 59.8% 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 2.94.

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Relative luminance0.1982

Complementary

  1. #b837fa
  2. #79fa37

Split complementary

  1. #b837fa
  2. #dbfa37
  3. #37fa56

Analogous

  1. #5637fa
  2. #b837fa
  3. #fa37db

Triadic

  1. #b837fa
  2. #fab837
  3. #37fab8

Tetradic

  1. #b837fa
  2. #fa3779
  3. #79fa37
  4. #37fab8

Square

  1. #b837fa
  2. #fa5637
  3. #79fa37
  4. #37dbfa

Monochromatic

  1. #630494
  2. #9506df
  3. #b837fa
  4. #d282fc
  5. #edccfe

Shades

#b837fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b837fa
  2. #a632e1
  3. #932cc8
  4. #8127af
  5. #6e2196
  6. #5c1c7d
  7. #4a1664
  8. #37114b
  9. #250b32
  10. #120619
  11. #000000

Tints

#b837fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b837fa
  2. #bf4bfb
  3. #c65ffb
  4. #cd73fc
  5. #d487fc
  6. #dc9bfd
  7. #e3affd
  8. #eac3fe
  9. #f1d7fe
  10. #f8ebff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b837fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b837fa
  2. #b23eee
  3. #ad46e2
  4. #a74dd5
  5. #a254c9
  6. #9c5cbd
  7. #9663b1
  8. #916aa5
  9. #8b7198
  10. #86798c
  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 #9766bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007df6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #af6899 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6962fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7868f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b358c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b837fa {
  color: #b837fa;
}
Background
.bg-b837fa {
  background-color: #b837fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b837fa {
  border: 2px solid #b837fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b837fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 55 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b837fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b837fa, #fa37db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b837fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 55 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.94 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.07 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.23 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.77 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.64 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.74 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.07 #47c805 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b837fa  rgb(184, 55, 250)  hsl(280, 95%, 60%)  Electric Purple
#79fa37  rgb(121, 250, 55)  hsl(100, 95%, 60%)  Lawn Green
#fab837  rgb(250, 184, 55)  hsl(40, 95%, 60%)  Amber
#37fab8  rgb(55, 250, 184)  hsl(160, 95%, 60%)  Medium Spring Green