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#BB3CFE

#bb3cfe ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#bb3cfe is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 23.53% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.38% cyan, 76.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 279.28°, with 98.98% saturation and 61.57% 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 5.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.88.

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Relative luminance0.2095

Complementary

  1. #bb3cfe
  2. #7ffe3c

Split complementary

  1. #bb3cfe
  2. #e0fe3c
  3. #3cfe5a

Analogous

  1. #5a3cfe
  2. #bb3cfe
  3. #fe3ce0

Triadic

  1. #bb3cfe
  2. #febb3c
  3. #3cfebb

Tetradic

  1. #bb3cfe
  2. #fe3c7f
  3. #7ffe3c
  4. #3cfebb

Square

  1. #bb3cfe
  2. #fe5a3c
  3. #7ffe3c
  4. #3ce0fe

Monochromatic

  1. #6901a0
  2. #9b01ec
  3. #bb3cfe
  4. #d688fe
  5. #f0d4ff

Shades

#bb3cfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb3cfe
  2. #a836e5
  3. #9630cb
  4. #832ab2
  5. #702498
  6. #5e1e7f
  7. #4b1866
  8. #38124c
  9. #250c33
  10. #130619
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb3cfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb3cfe
  2. #c250fe
  3. #c963fe
  4. #cf77fe
  5. #d68afe
  6. #dd9eff
  7. #e4b1ff
  8. #ebc5ff
  9. #f1d8ff
  10. #f8ecff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb3cfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb3cfe
  2. #b543f1
  3. #af4ae5
  4. #a950d8
  5. #a357cc
  6. #9e5ebf
  7. #9865b2
  8. #926ca6
  9. #8c7299
  10. #86798d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a6abf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0079ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0080fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b26c9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c66ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a6bfc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b55ccb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb3cfe {
  color: #bb3cfe;
}
Background
.bg-bb3cfe {
  background-color: #bb3cfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb3cfe {
  border: 2px solid #bb3cfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb3cfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 60 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 99% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb3cfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb3cfe, #fe3ce0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb3cfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 60 254 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.88 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.87 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.38 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.97 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.99 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.52 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 10.52 #44c301 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#bb3cfe  rgb(187, 60, 254)  hsl(279, 99%, 62%)  Electric Purple
#7ffe3c  rgb(127, 254, 60)  hsl(99, 99%, 62%)  Lawn Green
#febb3c  rgb(254, 187, 60)  hsl(39, 99%, 62%)  Amber
#3cfebb  rgb(60, 254, 187)  hsl(159, 99%, 62%)  Medium Spring Green