#ab27c4

Color #ab27c4

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 8.33 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ab27c4

RGB

rgb(171, 39, 196)

HSL

hsl(290.4, 66.8%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(290.4, 80.1%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.8%, 80.1%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(44.37, 70.41, -53.72)

LCH

lch(44.37, 88.56, 322.66)

OKLCH

oklch(55.2%, 0.2369, 320.46)

HWB

hwb(290.4, 15.3%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#40c427

Analogous

#5c27c4

#ab27c4

#c4278f

Triadic

#ab27c4

#c4ab27

#27c4ab

Split-complementary

#ab27c4

#8fc427

#27c45c

Tetradic

#ab27c4

#c42740

#40c427

#27c4ab

Square

#ab27c4

#c45c27

#40c427

#278fc4

Shades

Color #ab27c4 mixed toward black.

#8e21a3

#721a83

#551462

#390d41

#1c0721

Tints

Color #ab27c4 mixed toward white.

#c040d9

#cd66e1

#d98ce8

#e6b3f0

#f2d9f7

Tones

Color #ab27c4 mixed toward gray.

#a234b7

#9941aa

#904e9d

#875b90

#7e6883

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.82:1

White text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8685ae · ΔE 24.9

Deuteranopia

#8c93a8 · ΔE 29.1

Tritanopia

#a79a95 · ΔE 36.7

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 29.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ab27c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ab27c4]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#ab27c4 (#ab27c4) is rgb(171, 39, 196) in RGB.

No, #ab27c4 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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