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#BE42FA

#be42fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#be42fa is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.51% red, 25.88% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24% cyan, 73.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 280.43°, with 94.85% saturation and 61.96% 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 5.35:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 4.82.

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Relative luminance0.2175

Complementary

  1. #be42fa
  2. #7efa42

Split complementary

  1. #be42fa
  2. #dafa42
  3. #42fa62

Analogous

  1. #6242fa
  2. #be42fa
  3. #fa42da

Triadic

  1. #be42fa
  2. #fabe42
  3. #42fabe

Tetradic

  1. #be42fa
  2. #fa427e
  3. #7efa42
  4. #42fabe

Square

  1. #be42fa
  2. #fa6242
  3. #7efa42
  4. #42dafa

Monochromatic

  1. #6c049f
  2. #9f06e9
  3. #be42fa
  4. #d88dfc
  5. #f1d7fe

Shades

#be42fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #be42fa
  2. #ab3be1
  3. #9835c8
  4. #852eaf
  5. #722896
  6. #5f217d
  7. #4c1a64
  8. #39144b
  9. #260d32
  10. #130719
  11. #000000

Tints

#be42fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #be42fa
  2. #c555fb
  3. #cb68fb
  4. #d27bfc
  5. #d88efc
  6. #dfa1fd
  7. #e5b3fd
  8. #ecc6fe
  9. #f2d9fe
  10. #f9ecff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#be42fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #be42fa
  2. #b848ee
  3. #b24ee2
  4. #ab55d5
  5. #a55bc9
  6. #9f61bd
  7. #9967b1
  8. #936da5
  9. #8c7498
  10. #867a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9d6dbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007bff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2583f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b76d9c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7368fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #806ff8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ba5ec8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-be42fa {
  color: #be42fa;
}
Background
.bg-be42fa {
  background-color: #be42fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-be42fa {
  border: 2px solid #be42fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #be42fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 190 66 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 95% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-be42fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #be42fa, #fa42da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-be42fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(190 66 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 4.82 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.97 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 9.52 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 9.53 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 9.73 #ff00ff Magenta ΔE 9.73 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 10.63 #41bd05 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#be42fa  rgb(190, 66, 250)  hsl(280, 95%, 62%)  Electric Purple
#7efa42  rgb(126, 250, 66)  hsl(100, 95%, 62%)  Lawn Green
#fabe42  rgb(250, 190, 66)  hsl(40, 95%, 62%)  Amber
#42fabe  rgb(66, 250, 190)  hsl(160, 95%, 62%)  Aquamarine