#a51896

Color #a51896

A vivid, highly saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Dark Magenta #8b008b · ΔE 8.47 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a51896

RGB

rgb(165, 24, 150)

HSL

hsl(306.4, 74.6%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306.4, 85.5%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 85.5%, 9.1%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(39.34, 65.41, -34.47)

LCH

lch(39.34, 73.94, 332.21)

OKLCH

oklch(50.5%, 0.2119, 333.42)

HWB

hwb(306.4, 9.4%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#18a527

Analogous

#6e18a5

#a51896

#a51850

Triadic

#a51896

#96a518

#1896a5

Split-complementary

#a51896

#50a518

#18a56e

Tetradic

#a51896

#a52718

#18a527

#1896a5

Square

#a51896

#a56e18

#18a527

#1850a5

Shades

Color #a51896 mixed toward black.

#8a147d

#6e1064

#530c4b

#370832

#1c0419

Tints

Color #a51896 mixed toward white.

#d41fc1

#e444d3

#eb73de

#f1a2e9

#f8d0f4

Tones

Color #a51896 mixed toward gray.

#99248d

#8e3084

#823b7a

#764771

#6a5368

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.17:1

White text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#807f85 · ΔE 29.4

Deuteranopia

#868d80 · ΔE 45.1

Tritanopia

#a17571 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 27.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a51896;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a51896]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#a51896 (#a51896) is rgb(165, 24, 150) in RGB.

No, #a51896 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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