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#BA2CED

#ba2ced ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#ba2ced is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 17.25% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.52% cyan, 81.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 284.15°, with 84.28% saturation and 55.1% 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 4.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.44.

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Relative luminance0.1835

Complementary

  1. #ba2ced
  2. #5fed2c

Split complementary

  1. #ba2ced
  2. #bfed2c
  3. #2ced5a

Analogous

  1. #5a2ced
  2. #ba2ced
  3. #ed2cbf

Triadic

  1. #ba2ced
  2. #edba2c
  3. #2cedba

Tetradic

  1. #ba2ced
  2. #ed2c5f
  3. #5fed2c
  4. #2cedba

Square

  1. #ba2ced
  2. #ed5a2c
  3. #5fed2c
  4. #2cbfed

Monochromatic

  1. #590a76
  2. #8f10bc
  3. #ba2ced
  4. #d172f3
  5. #e8b9f9

Shades

#ba2ced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba2ced
  2. #a728d5
  3. #9523be
  4. #821fa6
  5. #701a8e
  6. #5d1677
  7. #4a125f
  8. #380d47
  9. #25092f
  10. #130418
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba2ced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba2ced
  2. #c141ef
  3. #c856f1
  4. #cf6bf2
  5. #d680f4
  6. #dd96f6
  7. #e3abf8
  8. #eac0fa
  9. #f1d5fb
  10. #f8eafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba2ced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba2ced
  2. #b434e2
  3. #ae3dd7
  4. #a945cc
  5. #a34ec1
  6. #9d56b7
  7. #975eac
  8. #9167a1
  9. #8c6f96
  10. #86788b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9661b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006ff2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #187ae9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b55d90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d5cf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c64eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b74ebc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba2ced {
  color: #ba2ced;
}
Background
.bg-ba2ced {
  background-color: #ba2ced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba2ced {
  border: 2px solid #ba2ced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba2ced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 44 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 84% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba2ced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba2ced, #ed2cbf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba2ced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 44 237 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.44 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 6.61 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.92 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.11 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.81 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 9.04 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 9.86 #45d312 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ba2ced  rgb(186, 44, 237)  hsl(284, 84%, 55%)  Electric Purple
#5fed2c  rgb(95, 237, 44)  hsl(104, 84%, 55%)  Neon Green
#edba2c  rgb(237, 186, 44)  hsl(44, 84%, 55%)  Meat Brown
#2cedba  rgb(44, 237, 186)  hsl(164, 84%, 55%)  Aquamarine