#a42b97

Color #a42b97

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Magenta #8b008b · ΔE 10.71 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a42b97

RGB

rgb(164, 43, 151)

HSL

hsl(306.4, 58.5%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306.4, 73.8%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 7.9%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(40.99, 60.24, -32.49)

LCH

lch(40.99, 68.44, 331.66)

OKLCH

oklch(51.7%, 0.1952, 332.8)

HWB

hwb(306.4, 16.9%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2ba438

Analogous

#742ba4

#a42b97

#a42b5b

Triadic

#a42b97

#97a42b

#2b97a4

Split-complementary

#a42b97

#5ba42b

#2ba474

Tetradic

#a42b97

#a4382b

#2ba438

#2b97a4

Square

#a42b97

#a4742b

#2ba438

#2b5ba4

Shades

Color #a42b97 mixed toward black.

#89247e

#6d1d65

#52154c

#370e32

#1b0719

Tints

Color #a42b97 mixed toward white.

#cb37bb

#d55fc8

#e087d6

#eaafe4

#f5d7f1

Tones

Color #a42b97 mixed toward gray.

#9a358f

#903f87

#86497f

#7c5377

#725d6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.37:1

White text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#818187 · ΔE 28.4

Deuteranopia

#878d82 · ΔE 42.2

Tritanopia

#a07774 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 27.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a42b97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a42b97]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#a42b97 (#a42b97) is rgb(164, 43, 151) in RGB.

No, #a42b97 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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