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#BA38FC

#ba38fc ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#ba38fc is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 21.96% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.19% cyan, 77.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 279.8°, with 97.03% saturation and 60.39% 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 5.06:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.23.

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Relative luminance0.203

Complementary

  1. #ba38fc
  2. #7afc38

Split complementary

  1. #ba38fc
  2. #dcfc38
  3. #38fc58

Analogous

  1. #5838fc
  2. #ba38fc
  3. #fc38dc

Triadic

  1. #ba38fc
  2. #fcba38
  3. #38fcba

Tetradic

  1. #ba38fc
  2. #fc387a
  3. #7afc38
  4. #38fcba

Square

  1. #ba38fc
  2. #fc5838
  3. #7afc38
  4. #38dcfc

Monochromatic

  1. #660299
  2. #9803e4
  3. #ba38fc
  4. #d483fd
  5. #eecffe

Shades

#ba38fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba38fc
  2. #a732e3
  3. #952dca
  4. #8227b0
  5. #702297
  6. #5d1c7e
  7. #4a1665
  8. #38114c
  9. #250b32
  10. #130619
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba38fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba38fc
  2. #c14cfc
  3. #c860fd
  4. #cf74fd
  5. #d688fd
  6. #dd9cfe
  7. #e3affe
  8. #eac3fe
  9. #f1d7fe
  10. #f8ebff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba38fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba38fc
  2. #b43ff0
  3. #ae46e3
  4. #a94ed7
  5. #a355ca
  6. #9d5cbe
  7. #9763b2
  8. #916aa5
  9. #8c7299
  10. #86798c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9968bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0077ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007ef8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1699b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b64ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7969fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b559c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba38fc {
  color: #ba38fc;
}
Background
.bg-ba38fc {
  background-color: #ba38fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba38fc {
  border: 2px solid #ba38fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba38fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 56 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 97% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba38fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba38fc, #fc38dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba38fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 56 252 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.23 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.99 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 7.71 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.31 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.12 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 10.12 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 10.28 #45c703 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ba38fc  rgb(186, 56, 252)  hsl(280, 97%, 60%)  Electric Purple
#7afc38  rgb(122, 252, 56)  hsl(100, 97%, 60%)  Lawn Green
#fcba38  rgb(252, 186, 56)  hsl(40, 97%, 60%)  Amber
#38fcba  rgb(56, 252, 186)  hsl(160, 97%, 60%)  Medium Spring Green