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#B331FA

#b331fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b331fa is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.2% red, 19.22% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.4% cyan, 80.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 278.81°, with 95.26% saturation and 58.63% 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 4.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.33.

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Relative luminance0.1868

Complementary

  1. #b331fa
  2. #78fa31

Split complementary

  1. #b331fa
  2. #dcfa31
  3. #31fa4f

Analogous

  1. #4f31fa
  2. #b331fa
  3. #fa31dc

Triadic

  1. #b331fa
  2. #fab331
  3. #31fab3

Tetradic

  1. #b331fa
  2. #fa3178
  3. #78fa31
  4. #31fab3

Square

  1. #b331fa
  2. #fa4f31
  3. #78fa31
  4. #31dcfa

Monochromatic

  1. #5d038f
  2. #8e05d9
  3. #b331fa
  4. #cf7cfc
  5. #eac6fe

Shades

#b331fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b331fa
  2. #a12ce1
  3. #8f27c8
  4. #7d22af
  5. #6b1d96
  6. #5a197d
  7. #481464
  8. #360f4b
  9. #240a32
  10. #120519
  11. #000000

Tints

#b331fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b331fa
  2. #bb46fb
  3. #c25afb
  4. #ca6ffc
  5. #d183fc
  6. #d998fd
  7. #e1adfd
  8. #e8c1fe
  9. #f0d6fe
  10. #f7eaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b331fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b331fa
  2. #ae39ee
  3. #a941e2
  4. #a449d5
  5. #9f51c9
  6. #9a59bd
  7. #9460b1
  8. #8f68a5
  9. #8a7098
  10. #85788c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9363bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0073ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0079f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a86798 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #625ffd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7164f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad56c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b331fa {
  color: #b331fa;
}
Background
.bg-b331fa {
  background-color: #b331fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b331fa {
  border: 2px solid #b331fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b331fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 179 49 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 95% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b331fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b331fa, #fa31dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b331fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(179 49 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.33 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.78 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.74 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.00 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.18 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.37 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 10.21 #4cce05 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b331fa  rgb(179, 49, 250)  hsl(279, 95%, 59%)  Electric Purple
#78fa31  rgb(120, 250, 49)  hsl(99, 95%, 59%)  Lawn Green
#fab331  rgb(250, 179, 49)  hsl(39, 95%, 59%)  Pastel Orange
#31fab3  rgb(49, 250, 179)  hsl(159, 95%, 59%)  Medium Spring Green