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#BA28EA

#ba28ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#ba28ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 15.69% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.51% cyan, 82.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 285.15°, with 82.2% saturation and 53.73% 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 4.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.61.

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Relative luminance0.179

Complementary

  1. #ba28ea
  2. #58ea28

Split complementary

  1. #ba28ea
  2. #b9ea28
  3. #28ea59

Analogous

  1. #5928ea
  2. #ba28ea
  3. #ea28b9

Triadic

  1. #ba28ea
  2. #eaba28
  3. #28eaba

Tetradic

  1. #ba28ea
  2. #ea2858
  3. #58ea28
  4. #28eaba

Square

  1. #ba28ea
  2. #ea5928
  3. #58ea28
  4. #28b9ea

Monochromatic

  1. #560b6e
  2. #8c12b4
  3. #ba28ea
  4. #d06ef1
  5. #e7b3f8

Shades

#ba28ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba28ea
  2. #a724d3
  3. #9520bb
  4. #821ca4
  5. #70188c
  6. #5d1475
  7. #4a105e
  8. #380c46
  9. #25082f
  10. #130417
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba28ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba28ea
  2. #c13eec
  3. #c853ee
  4. #cf69f0
  5. #d67ef2
  6. #dd94f5
  7. #e3a9f7
  8. #eabff9
  9. #f1d4fb
  10. #f8eafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba28ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba28ea
  2. #b431df
  3. #ae3ad5
  4. #a942ca
  5. #a34bc0
  6. #9d54b5
  7. #975daa
  8. #9166a0
  9. #8c6e95
  10. #86778b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #757575 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9660b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006eef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1b79e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b65a8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d5aed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c62e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b84bba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba28ea {
  color: #ba28ea;
}
Background
.bg-ba28ea {
  background-color: #ba28ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-ba28ea {
  border: 2px solid #ba28ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba28ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 40 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba28ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba28ea, #ea28b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba28ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 40 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.61 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.45 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 6.67 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 7.15 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.55 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.85 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 9.37 #45d715 Inverted #757575 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ba28ea  rgb(186, 40, 234)  hsl(285, 82%, 54%)  Electric Purple
#58ea28  rgb(88, 234, 40)  hsl(105, 82%, 54%)  Neon Green
#eaba28  rgb(234, 186, 40)  hsl(45, 82%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#28eaba  rgb(40, 234, 186)  hsl(165, 82%, 54%)  Aquamarine