#ab259a

Color #ab259a

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Magenta #8b008b · ΔE 10.84 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ab259a

RGB

rgb(171, 37, 154)

HSL

hsl(307.6, 64.4%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(307.6, 78.4%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 9.9%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(41.71, 64.11, -33.07)

LCH

lch(41.71, 72.14, 332.71)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.2071, 334.03)

HWB

hwb(307.6, 14.5%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#25ab36

Analogous

#7925ab

#ab259a

#ab2557

Triadic

#ab259a

#9aab25

#259aab

Split-complementary

#ab259a

#57ab25

#25ab79

Tetradic

#ab259a

#ab3625

#25ab36

#259aab

Square

#ab259a

#ab7925

#25ab36

#2557ab

Shades

Color #ab259a mixed toward black.

#8f1f80

#721967

#56134d

#390c33

#1d061a

Tints

Color #ab259a mixed toward white.

#d230be

#db5acb

#e483d8

#edace5

#f6d6f2

Tones

Color #ab259a mixed toward gray.

#a03092

#953b89

#8a4781

#7e5279

#735d70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.46:1

White text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#868589 · ΔE 29.8

Deuteranopia

#8c9384 · ΔE 45.8

Tritanopia

#a77975 · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 27.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ab259a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab259a]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ab259a (#ab259a) is rgb(171, 37, 154) in RGB.

No, #ab259a 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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