#42253c

Color #42253c

A muted dark magenta.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 23.01 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-700 #463947 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#42253c

RGB

rgb(66, 37, 60)

HSL

hsl(312.4, 28.2%, 20.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(312.4, 43.9%, 25.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 9.1%, 74.1%)

LAB

lab(19.26, 17.85, -8.97)

LCH

lch(19.26, 19.98, 333.32)

OKLCH

oklch(31.1%, 0.0567, 334.84)

HWB

hwb(312.4, 14.5%, 74.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#25422b

Analogous

#3a2542

#42253c

#42252e

Triadic

#42253c

#3c4225

#253c42

Split-complementary

#42253c

#2e4225

#25423a

Tetradic

#42253c

#422b25

#25422b

#253c42

Square

#42253c

#423a25

#25422b

#252e42

Shades

Color #42253c mixed toward black.

#371f32

#2c1928

#21121e

#160c14

#0b060a

Tints

Color #42253c mixed toward white.

#6e3d64

#99568b

#b67daa

#cea8c6

#e7d4e3

Tones

Color #42253c mixed toward gray.

#40273b

#3d2a39

#3b2c38

#382f36

#363135

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.56:1

White text reads better on this background (13.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383737 · ΔE 16.9

Deuteranopia

#393b36 · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#413333 · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#2f2f2f · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #42253c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42253c]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#42253c (#42253c) is rgb(66, 37, 60) in RGB.

No, #42253c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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