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#BA01EC

#ba01ec ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#ba01ec is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 0.39% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.19% cyan, 99.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 287.23°, with 99.16% saturation and 46.47% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 4.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.74.

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Web safe#cc00ff
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Relative luminance0.1652

Complementary

  1. #ba01ec
  2. #33ec01

Split complementary

  1. #ba01ec
  2. #a9ec01
  3. #01ec44

Analogous

  1. #4401ec
  2. #ba01ec
  3. #ec01a9

Triadic

  1. #ba01ec
  2. #ecba01
  3. #01ecba

Tetradic

  1. #ba01ec
  2. #ec0133
  3. #33ec01
  4. #01ecba

Square

  1. #ba01ec
  2. #ec4401
  3. #33ec01
  4. #01a9ec

Monochromatic

  1. #420054
  2. #7e01a0
  3. #ba01ec
  4. #d53bfe
  5. #e588fe

Shades

#ba01ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba01ec
  2. #a701d4
  3. #9501bd
  4. #8201a5
  5. #70018e
  6. #5d0176
  7. #4a005e
  8. #380047
  9. #25002f
  10. #130018
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba01ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba01ec
  2. #c11aee
  3. #c834f0
  4. #cf4df2
  5. #d667f4
  6. #dd80f6
  7. #e399f7
  8. #eab3f9
  9. #f1ccfb
  10. #f8e6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba01ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba01ec
  2. #b40ee1
  3. #ae1ad6
  4. #a927cc
  5. #a334c1
  6. #9d41b6
  7. #974dab
  8. #915aa0
  9. #8c6796
  10. #86738b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #717171 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9459b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0068f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6538b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6852ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #795cea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b740ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba01ec {
  color: #ba01ec;
}
Background
.bg-ba01ec {
  background-color: #ba01ec;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ba01ec {
  border: 2px solid #ba01ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba01ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 1 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 287 99% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba01ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba01ec, #ec01a9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba01ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 1 236 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.74 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.19 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.06 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 7.54 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 7.58 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 7.85 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.12 #45fe13 Inverted #717171 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ba01ec  rgb(186, 1, 236)  hsl(287, 99%, 46%)  Electric Purple
#33ec01  rgb(51, 236, 1)  hsl(107, 99%, 46%)  Lime
#ecba01  rgb(236, 186, 1)  hsl(47, 99%, 46%)  Saffron
#01ecba  rgb(1, 236, 186)  hsl(167, 99%, 46%)  Aquamarine