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#BC3EEA

#bc3eea ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#bc3eea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 24.31% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.66% cyan, 73.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 283.95°, with 80.37% saturation and 58.04% 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 5.02:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 4.32.

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Relative luminance0.2008

Complementary

  1. #bc3eea
  2. #6cea3e

Split complementary

  1. #bc3eea
  2. #c2ea3e
  3. #3eea66

Analogous

  1. #663eea
  2. #bc3eea
  3. #ea3ec2

Triadic

  1. #bc3eea
  2. #eabc3e
  3. #3eeabc

Tetradic

  1. #bc3eea
  2. #ea3e6c
  3. #6cea3e
  4. #3eeabc

Square

  1. #bc3eea
  2. #ea663e
  3. #6cea3e
  4. #3ec2ea

Monochromatic

  1. #620e81
  2. #9716c6
  3. #bc3eea
  4. #d483f2
  5. #ecc8f9

Shades

#bc3eea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc3eea
  2. #a938d3
  3. #9632bb
  4. #842ba4
  5. #71258c
  6. #5e1f75
  7. #4b195e
  8. #381346
  9. #260c2f
  10. #130617
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc3eea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc3eea
  2. #c351ec
  3. #c965ee
  4. #d078f0
  5. #d78bf2
  6. #de9ff5
  7. #e4b2f7
  8. #ebc5f9
  9. #f2d8fb
  10. #f8ecfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc3eea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc3eea
  2. #b645df
  3. #b04bd5
  4. #aa52ca
  5. #a458c0
  6. #9e5fb5
  7. #9866aa
  8. #926ca0
  9. #8c7395
  10. #86798b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a68b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0075ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #377fe6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b86492 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7563ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #826be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ba57bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc3eea {
  color: #bc3eea;
}
Background
.bg-bc3eea {
  background-color: #bc3eea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc3eea {
  border: 2px solid #bc3eea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc3eea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 62 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc3eea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc3eea, #ea3ec2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc3eea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 62 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.32 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 4.85 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.65 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.78 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.11 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.95 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.32 #43c115 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#bc3eea  rgb(188, 62, 234)  hsl(284, 80%, 58%)  Electric Purple
#6cea3e  rgb(108, 234, 62)  hsl(104, 80%, 58%)  Neon Green
#eabc3e  rgb(234, 188, 62)  hsl(44, 80%, 58%)  Meat Brown
#3eeabc  rgb(62, 234, 188)  hsl(164, 80%, 58%)  Aquamarine