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#BB48FA

#bb48fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bb48fa is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.33% red, 28.24% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.2% cyan, 71.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 278.76°, with 94.68% 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 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.49.

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Relative luminance0.221

Complementary

  1. #bb48fa
  2. #87fa48

Split complementary

  1. #bb48fa
  2. #e0fa48
  3. #48fa62

Analogous

  1. #6248fa
  2. #bb48fa
  3. #fa48e0

Triadic

  1. #bb48fa
  2. #fabb48
  3. #48fabb

Tetradic

  1. #bb48fa
  2. #fa4887
  3. #87fa48
  4. #48fabb

Square

  1. #bb48fa
  2. #fa6248
  3. #87fa48
  4. #48e0fa

Monochromatic

  1. #6c04a5
  2. #9d07ef
  3. #bb48fa
  4. #d792fc
  5. #f2ddfe

Shades

#bb48fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bb48fa
  2. #a841e1
  3. #963ac8
  4. #8332af
  5. #702b96
  6. #5e247d
  7. #4b1d64
  8. #38164b
  9. #250e32
  10. #130719
  11. #000000

Tints

#bb48fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bb48fa
  2. #c25afb
  3. #c96dfb
  4. #cf7ffc
  5. #d691fc
  6. #dda4fd
  7. #e4b6fd
  8. #ebc8fe
  9. #f1dafe
  10. #f8edff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bb48fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bb48fa
  2. #b54eee
  3. #af53e2
  4. #a959d5
  5. #a35ec9
  6. #9e64bd
  7. #986ab1
  8. #926fa5
  9. #8c7598
  10. #867a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c6fbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007cff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2783f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b3709d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #726bfd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f70f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b662c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bb48fa {
  color: #bb48fa;
}
Background
.bg-bb48fa {
  background-color: #bb48fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bb48fa {
  border: 2px solid #bb48fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bb48fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 187 72 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 95% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bb48fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bb48fa, #fa48e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bb48fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(187 72 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.49 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.90 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.00 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.91 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.06 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 10.06 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.36 #44b705 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#bb48fa  rgb(187, 72, 250)  hsl(279, 95%, 63%)  Electric Purple
#87fa48  rgb(135, 250, 72)  hsl(99, 95%, 63%)  Lawn Green
#fabb48  rgb(250, 187, 72)  hsl(39, 95%, 63%)  Pastel Orange
#48fabb  rgb(72, 250, 187)  hsl(159, 95%, 63%)  Aquamarine