#a42ea7

Color #a42ea7

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Magenta #8b008b · ΔE 9.74 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#a42ea7

RGB

rgb(164, 46, 167)

HSL

hsl(298.5, 56.8%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(298.5, 72.5%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.8%, 72.5%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(42.21, 61.84, -40.15)

LCH

lch(42.21, 73.73, 327.01)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.2042, 326.93)

HWB

hwb(298.5, 18%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#31a72e

Analogous

#682ea7

#a42ea7

#a72e6e

Triadic

#a42ea7

#a7a42e

#2ea7a4

Split-complementary

#a42ea7

#6ea72e

#2ea768

Tetradic

#a42ea7

#a72e31

#31a72e

#2ea7a4

Square

#a42ea7

#a7682e

#31a72e

#2e6ea7

Shades

Color #a42ea7 mixed toward black.

#89268b

#6d1f6f

#521754

#370f38

#1b081c

Tints

Color #a42ea7 mixed toward white.

#c63dca

#d164d4

#dd8bdf

#e8b1ea

#f4d8f4

Tones

Color #a42ea7 mixed toward gray.

#9b389d

#914293

#874c89

#7e567f

#746075

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.53:1

White text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#828195 · ΔE 26

Deuteranopia

#878d90 · ΔE 22.6

Tritanopia

#a18480 · ΔE 31.2

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a42ea7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a42ea7]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#a42ea7 (#a42ea7) is rgb(164, 46, 167) in RGB.

No, #a42ea7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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