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#BA3AE5

#ba3ae5 ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ba3ae5 is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 22.75% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.78% cyan, 74.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 284.91°, with 76.68% saturation and 56.27% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 4.09.

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Relative luminance0.1912

Complementary

  1. #ba3ae5
  2. #65e53a

Split complementary

  1. #ba3ae5
  2. #bae53a
  3. #3ae564

Analogous

  1. #643ae5
  2. #ba3ae5
  3. #e53aba

Triadic

  1. #ba3ae5
  2. #e5ba3a
  3. #3ae5ba

Tetradic

  1. #ba3ae5
  2. #e53a65
  3. #65e53a
  4. #3ae5ba

Square

  1. #ba3ae5
  2. #e5643a
  3. #65e53a
  4. #3abae5

Monochromatic

  1. #5d1076
  2. #9119ba
  3. #ba3ae5
  4. #d27eee
  5. #e9c1f7

Shades

#ba3ae5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba3ae5
  2. #a734ce
  3. #952eb7
  4. #8229a0
  5. #702389
  6. #5d1d73
  7. #4a175c
  8. #381145
  9. #250c2e
  10. #130617
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba3ae5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba3ae5
  2. #c14ee8
  3. #c861ea
  4. #cf75ed
  5. #d689ef
  6. #dd9df2
  7. #e3b0f5
  8. #eac4f7
  9. #f1d8fa
  10. #f8ebfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba3ae5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba3ae5
  2. #b441db
  3. #ae48d1
  4. #a94fc7
  5. #a356bd
  6. #9d5db3
  7. #9764a8
  8. #916b9e
  9. #8c7294
  10. #86798a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9766af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #377ce1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7608e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7360e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8168e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b853b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba3ae5 {
  color: #ba3ae5;
}
Background
.bg-ba3ae5 {
  background-color: #ba3ae5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba3ae5 {
  border: 2px solid #ba3ae5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba3ae5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 58 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 77% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba3ae5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba3ae5, #e53aba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba3ae5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 58 229 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.09 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.15 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.60 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.17 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.22 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.31 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.85 #45c51a Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ba3ae5  rgb(186, 58, 229)  hsl(285, 77%, 56%)  Electric Purple
#65e53a  rgb(101, 229, 58)  hsl(105, 77%, 56%)  Neon Green
#e5ba3a  rgb(229, 186, 58)  hsl(45, 77%, 56%)  Meat Brown
#3ae5ba  rgb(58, 229, 186)  hsl(165, 77%, 56%)  Medium Aquamarine