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#BB44FE

#bb44fe ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bb44fe is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 26.67% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.38% cyan, 73.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 278.39°, with 98.94% saturation and 63.14% 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 5.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.01.

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Relative luminance0.2185

Complementary

  1. #bb44fe
  2. #87fe44

Split complementary

  1. #bb44fe
  2. #e4fe44
  3. #44fe5e

Analogous

  1. #5e44fe
  2. #bb44fe
  3. #fe44e4

Triadic

  1. #bb44fe
  2. #febb44
  3. #44febb

Tetradic

  1. #bb44fe
  2. #fe4487
  3. #87fe44
  4. #44febb

Square

  1. #bb44fe
  2. #fe5e44
  3. #87fe44
  4. #44e4fe

Monochromatic

  1. #6c01a8
  2. #9d01f4
  3. #bb44fe
  4. #d790fe
  5. #f2dcff

Shades

#bb44fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb44fe
  2. #a83de5
  3. #9636cb
  4. #8330b2
  5. #702998
  6. #5e227f
  7. #4b1b66
  8. #38144c
  9. #250e33
  10. #130719
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb44fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb44fe
  2. #c257fe
  3. #c969fe
  4. #cf7cfe
  5. #d68ffe
  6. #dda2ff
  7. #e4b4ff
  8. #ebc7ff
  9. #f1daff
  10. #f8ecff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb44fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb44fe
  2. #b54af1
  3. #af50e5
  4. #a956d8
  5. #a35ccc
  6. #9e62bf
  7. #9868b2
  8. #926ea6
  9. #8c7499
  10. #867a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b6dc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1382fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b1709e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f6aff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c6ffc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b561cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb44fe {
  color: #bb44fe;
}
Background
.bg-bb44fe {
  background-color: #bb44fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb44fe {
  border: 2px solid #bb44fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb44fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 68 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 278 99% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb44fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb44fe, #fe44e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb44fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 68 254 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.01 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.50 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.42 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.48 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.22 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 10.22 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.77 #44bb01 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#bb44fe  rgb(187, 68, 254)  hsl(278, 99%, 63%)  Electric Purple
#87fe44  rgb(135, 254, 68)  hsl(98, 99%, 63%)  Lawn Green
#febb44  rgb(254, 187, 68)  hsl(38, 99%, 63%)  Pastel Orange
#44febb  rgb(68, 254, 187)  hsl(158, 99%, 63%)  Medium Spring Green