#ac279b

Color #ac279b

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Magenta #8b008b · ΔE 11.22 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#ac279b

RGB

rgb(172, 39, 155)

HSL

hsl(307.7, 63%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(307.7, 77.3%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 77.3%, 9.9%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(42.14, 63.91, -32.99)

LCH

lch(42.14, 71.92, 332.7)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.2064, 334.03)

HWB

hwb(307.7, 15.3%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#27ac38

Analogous

#7b27ac

#ac279b

#ac2758

Triadic

#ac279b

#9bac27

#279bac

Split-complementary

#ac279b

#58ac27

#27ac7b

Tetradic

#ac279b

#ac3827

#27ac38

#279bac

Square

#ac279b

#ac7b27

#27ac38

#2758ac

Shades

Color #ac279b mixed toward black.

#8f2181

#731a67

#56144e

#390d34

#1d071a

Tints

Color #ac279b mixed toward white.

#d134bd

#da5dca

#e385d7

#edaee5

#f6d6f2

Tones

Color #ac279b mixed toward gray.

#a13293

#963d8b

#8b4882

#80537a

#755e72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.52:1

White text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#87868a · ΔE 29.8

Deuteranopia

#8d9485 · ΔE 45.7

Tritanopia

#a87a76 · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 27.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ac279b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac279b]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ac279b (#ac279b) is rgb(172, 39, 155) in RGB.

No, #ac279b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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