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#B83CEE

#b83cee ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b83cee is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.16% red, 23.53% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.69% cyan, 74.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 281.8°, with 83.96% saturation and 58.43% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.63.

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Relative luminance0.196

Complementary

  1. #b83cee
  2. #72ee3c

Split complementary

  1. #b83cee
  2. #cbee3c
  3. #3cee5f

Analogous

  1. #5f3cee
  2. #b83cee
  3. #ee3ccb

Triadic

  1. #b83cee
  2. #eeb83c
  3. #3ceeb8

Tetradic

  1. #b83cee
  2. #ee3c72
  3. #72ee3c
  4. #3ceeb8

Square

  1. #b83cee
  2. #ee5f3c
  3. #72ee3c
  4. #3ccbee

Monochromatic

  1. #600c85
  2. #9312cc
  3. #b83cee
  4. #d282f4
  5. #ebc9fa

Shades

#b83cee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b83cee
  2. #a636d6
  3. #9330be
  4. #812aa7
  5. #6e248f
  6. #5c1e77
  7. #4a185f
  8. #371247
  9. #250c30
  10. #120618
  11. #000000

Tints

#b83cee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b83cee
  2. #bf50f0
  3. #c663f1
  4. #cd77f3
  5. #d48af5
  6. #dc9ef7
  7. #e3b1f8
  8. #eac5fa
  9. #f1d8fc
  10. #f8ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b83cee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b83cee
  2. #b243e3
  3. #ad4ad8
  4. #a750cd
  5. #a257c2
  6. #9c5eb7
  7. #9665ac
  8. #916ca1
  9. #8b7296
  10. #86798b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9767b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0074f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #277dea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b26593 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f62f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d69ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b458bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b83cee {
  color: #b83cee;
}
Background
.bg-b83cee {
  background-color: #b83cee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b83cee {
  border: 2px solid #b83cee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b83cee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 184 60 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 84% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b83cee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b83cee, #ee3ccb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b83cee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(184 60 238 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.63 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.74 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.79 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.12 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.24 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.78 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.16 #47c311 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b83cee  rgb(184, 60, 238)  hsl(282, 84%, 58%)  Electric Purple
#72ee3c  rgb(114, 238, 60)  hsl(102, 84%, 58%)  Lawn Green
#eeb83c  rgb(238, 184, 60)  hsl(42, 84%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#3ceeb8  rgb(60, 238, 184)  hsl(162, 84%, 58%)  Aquamarine