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#BA40ED

#ba40ed ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ba40ed is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.94% red, 25.1% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.52% cyan, 73% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 282.31°, with 82.78% saturation and 59.02% 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 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 4.28.

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Relative luminance0.2022

Complementary

  1. #ba40ed
  2. #73ed40

Split complementary

  1. #ba40ed
  2. #caed40
  3. #40ed63

Analogous

  1. #6340ed
  2. #ba40ed
  3. #ed40ca

Triadic

  1. #ba40ed
  2. #edba40
  3. #40edba

Tetradic

  1. #ba40ed
  2. #ed4073
  3. #73ed40
  4. #40edba

Square

  1. #ba40ed
  2. #ed6340
  3. #73ed40
  4. #40caed

Monochromatic

  1. #630d87
  2. #9613cd
  3. #ba40ed
  4. #d386f4
  5. #edccfa

Shades

#ba40ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ba40ed
  2. #a73ad5
  3. #9533be
  4. #822da6
  5. #70268e
  6. #5d2077
  7. #4a1a5f
  8. #381347
  9. #250d2f
  10. #130618
  11. #000000

Tints

#ba40ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ba40ed
  2. #c153ef
  3. #c866f1
  4. #cf79f2
  5. #d68cf4
  6. #dda0f6
  7. #e3b3f8
  8. #eac6fa
  9. #f1d9fb
  10. #f8ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ba40ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ba40ed
  2. #b446e2
  3. #ae4dd7
  4. #a953cc
  5. #a35ac1
  6. #9d60b7
  7. #9766ac
  8. #916da1
  9. #8c7396
  10. #867a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9969b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #327fe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b56694 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7265f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #806beb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b759be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ba40ed {
  color: #ba40ed;
}
Background
.bg-ba40ed {
  background-color: #ba40ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ba40ed {
  border: 2px solid #ba40ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ba40ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 186 64 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 282 83% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ba40ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ba40ed, #ed40ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ba40ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(186 64 237 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.28 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.09 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.63 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.76 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 8.93 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 10.21 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.54 #45bf12 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#ba40ed  rgb(186, 64, 237)  hsl(282, 83%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#73ed40  rgb(115, 237, 64)  hsl(102, 83%, 59%)  Lawn Green
#edba40  rgb(237, 186, 64)  hsl(42, 83%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#40edba  rgb(64, 237, 186)  hsl(162, 83%, 59%)  Aquamarine