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#B048EA

#b048ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#b048ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.02% red, 28.24% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.79% cyan, 69.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 278.52°, with 79.41% saturation and 60% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 5.08.

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Web safe#9933ff
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Relative luminance0.1981

Complementary

  1. #b048ea
  2. #82ea48

Split complementary

  1. #b048ea
  2. #d3ea48
  3. #48ea5f

Analogous

  1. #5f48ea
  2. #b048ea
  3. #ea48d3

Triadic

  1. #b048ea
  2. #eab048
  3. #48eab0

Tetradic

  1. #b048ea
  2. #ea4882
  3. #82ea48
  4. #48eab0

Square

  1. #b048ea
  2. #ea5f48
  3. #82ea48
  4. #48d3ea

Monochromatic

  1. #5e1089
  2. #8d18ce
  3. #b048ea
  4. #ce8df2
  5. #ebd1fa

Shades

#b048ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b048ea
  2. #9e41d3
  3. #8d3abb
  4. #7b32a4
  5. #6a2b8c
  6. #582475
  7. #461d5e
  8. #351646
  9. #230e2f
  10. #120717
  11. #000000

Tints

#b048ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b048ea
  2. #b85aec
  3. #c06dee
  4. #c87ff0
  5. #d091f2
  6. #d8a4f5
  7. #dfb6f7
  8. #e7c8f9
  9. #efdafb
  10. #f7edfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b048ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b048ea
  2. #ab4edf
  3. #a653d5
  4. #a259ca
  5. #9d5ec0
  6. #9864b5
  7. #936aaa
  8. #8e6fa0
  9. #8a7595
  10. #857a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #936ab2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0076ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2e7de6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a86b94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d67ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #796be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ab5fbd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b048ea {
  color: #b048ea;
}
Background
.bg-b048ea {
  background-color: #b048ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b048ea {
  border: 2px solid #b048ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b048ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 176 72 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 79% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b048ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b048ea, #ea48d3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b048ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(176 72 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 5.08 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 5.22 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 7.67 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 8.15 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.35 #9a4eae Purpureus ΔE 9.56 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 9.77 #4fb715 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b048ea  rgb(176, 72, 234)  hsl(279, 79%, 60%)  Electric Purple
#82ea48  rgb(130, 234, 72)  hsl(99, 79%, 60%)  Lawn Green
#eab048  rgb(234, 176, 72)  hsl(39, 79%, 60%)  Indian Yellow
#48eab0  rgb(72, 234, 176)  hsl(159, 79%, 60%)  Aquamarine