#b21aa2

Color #b21aa2

A vivid, highly saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Magenta #8b008b · ΔE 12.18 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#b21aa2

RGB

rgb(178, 26, 162)

HSL

hsl(306.3, 74.5%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306.3, 85.4%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 85.4%, 9%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(42.48, 69.35, -36.59)

LCH

lch(42.48, 78.41, 332.18)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.2247, 333.4)

HWB

hwb(306.3, 10.2%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1ab22a

Analogous

#761ab2

#b21aa2

#b21a56

Triadic

#b21aa2

#a2b21a

#1aa2b2

Split-complementary

#b21aa2

#56b21a

#1ab276

Tetradic

#b21aa2

#b22a1a

#1ab22a

#1aa2b2

Square

#b21aa2

#b2761a

#1ab22a

#1a56b2

Shades

Color #b21aa2 mixed toward black.

#941687

#77116c

#590d51

#3b0936

#1e041b

Tints

Color #b21aa2 mixed toward white.

#de21cb

#e54dd5

#eb7ae0

#f2a6ea

#f8d3f5

Tones

Color #b21aa2 mixed toward gray.

#a52798

#99338e

#8c4084

#7f4d7a

#735970

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.56:1

White text reads better on this background (5.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8a8f · ΔE 31

Deuteranopia

#91988a · ΔE 46.6

Tritanopia

#ae7e7a · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 28.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b21aa2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b21aa2]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#b21aa2 (#b21aa2) is rgb(178, 26, 162) in RGB.

No, #b21aa2 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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