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#b42dfd ≈ Electric Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b42dfd is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 17.65% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.85% cyan, 82.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 278.94°, with 98.11% saturation and 58.43% 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 4.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 2.07.

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Relative luminance0.1867

Complementary

  1. #b42dfd
  2. #76fd2d

Split complementary

  1. #b42dfd
  2. #defd2d
  3. #2dfd4c

Analogous

  1. #4c2dfd
  2. #b42dfd
  3. #fd2dde

Triadic

  1. #b42dfd
  2. #fdb42d
  3. #2dfdb4

Tetradic

  1. #b42dfd
  2. #fd2d76
  3. #76fd2d
  4. #2dfdb4

Square

  1. #b42dfd
  2. #fd4c2d
  3. #76fd2d
  4. #2ddefd

Monochromatic

  1. #5e0190
  2. #8f02db
  3. #b42dfd
  4. #cf79fe
  5. #eac5fe

Shades

#b42dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b42dfd
  2. #a229e4
  3. #9024ca
  4. #7e20b1
  5. #6c1b98
  6. #5a177f
  7. #481265
  8. #360e4c
  9. #240933
  10. #120519
  11. #000000

Tints

#b42dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b42dfd
  2. #bc42fd
  3. #c357fd
  4. #cb6cfe
  5. #d281fe
  6. #da96fe
  7. #e1abfe
  8. #e9c0fe
  9. #f0d5ff
  10. #f8eaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b42dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b42dfd
  2. #af35f1
  3. #aa3ee4
  4. #a446d8
  5. #9f4ecb
  6. #9a57bf
  7. #955fb2
  8. #9067a6
  9. #8a6f99
  10. #85788d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9462bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0073ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0079f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a96699 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #615eff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7063fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad55c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b42dfd {
  color: #b42dfd;
}
Background
.bg-b42dfd {
  background-color: #b42dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b42dfd {
  border: 2px solid #b42dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b42dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 45 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 98% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b42dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b42dfd, #fd2dde);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b42dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 45 253 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 2.07 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 5.63 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 7.93 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 8.06 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.35 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 8.42 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 10.25 #4bd202 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b42dfd  rgb(180, 45, 253)  hsl(279, 98%, 58%)  Electric Purple
#76fd2d  rgb(118, 253, 45)  hsl(99, 98%, 58%)  Lawn Green
#fdb42d  rgb(253, 180, 45)  hsl(39, 98%, 58%)  Pastel Orange
#2dfdb4  rgb(45, 253, 180)  hsl(159, 98%, 58%)  Medium Spring Green