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#BC18FD

#bc18fd ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#bc18fd is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 9.41% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.69% cyan, 90.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 282.97°, with 98.28% saturation and 54.31% 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 4.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 0.64.

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Web safe#cc00ff
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Relative luminance0.1844

Complementary

  1. #bc18fd
  2. #59fd18

Split complementary

  1. #bc18fd
  2. #cbfd18
  3. #18fd49

Analogous

  1. #4918fd
  2. #bc18fd
  3. #fd18cb

Triadic

  1. #bc18fd
  2. #fdbc18
  3. #18fdbc

Tetradic

  1. #bc18fd
  2. #fd1859
  3. #59fd18
  4. #18fdbc

Square

  1. #bc18fd
  2. #fd4918
  3. #59fd18
  4. #18cbfd

Monochromatic

  1. #58017b
  2. #8f02c7
  3. #bc18fd
  4. #d264fe
  5. #e8b0fe

Shades

#bc18fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc18fd
  2. #a916e4
  3. #9613ca
  4. #8411b1
  5. #710e98
  6. #5e0c7f
  7. #4b0a65
  8. #38074c
  9. #260533
  10. #130219
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc18fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc18fd
  2. #c32ffd
  3. #c946fd
  4. #d05dfe
  5. #d774fe
  6. #de8cfe
  7. #e4a3fe
  8. #ebbafe
  9. #f2d1ff
  10. #f8e8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc18fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc18fd
  2. #b622f1
  3. #b02de4
  4. #aa37d8
  5. #a442cb
  6. #9e4cbf
  7. #9856b2
  8. #9261a6
  9. #8c6b99
  10. #86768d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #985fbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0070ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #007af9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b45f96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6659ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7661fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b74cc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc18fd {
  color: #bc18fd;
}
Background
.bg-bc18fd {
  background-color: #bc18fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc18fd {
  border: 2px solid #bc18fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc18fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 24 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 283 98% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc18fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc18fd, #fd18cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc18fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 24 253 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 0.64 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.71 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.06 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.25 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.63 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.81 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 10.08 #43e702 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#bc18fd  rgb(188, 24, 253)  hsl(283, 98%, 54%)  Electric Purple
#59fd18  rgb(89, 253, 24)  hsl(103, 98%, 54%)  Harlequin
#fdbc18  rgb(253, 188, 24)  hsl(43, 98%, 54%)  Amber
#18fdbc  rgb(24, 253, 188)  hsl(163, 98%, 54%)  Medium Spring Green