#bc3aa1

Color #bc3aa1

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Medium Violet Red #c71585 · ΔE 15.89 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bc3aa1

RGB

rgb(188, 58, 161)

HSL

hsl(312.5, 52.8%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(312.5, 69.1%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 14.4%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(47.36, 62.3, -28.22)

LCH

lch(47.36, 68.39, 335.63)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.1988, 337.34)

HWB

hwb(312.5, 22.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3abc55

Analogous

#963abc

#bc3aa1

#bc3a60

Triadic

#bc3aa1

#a1bc3a

#3aa1bc

Split-complementary

#bc3aa1

#60bc3a

#3abc96

Tetradic

#bc3aa1

#bc553a

#3abc55

#3aa1bc

Square

#bc3aa1

#bc963a

#3abc55

#3a60bc

Shades

Color #bc3aa1 mixed toward black.

#9d3086

#7d276b

#5e1d50

#3f1336

#1f0a1b

Tints

Color #bc3aa1 mixed toward white.

#cb57b3

#d578c2

#e09ad1

#eabce1

#f5ddf0

Tones

Color #bc3aa1 mixed toward gray.

#b1459a

#a65094

#9b5a8e

#916588

#867081

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.26:1

White text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#969590 · ΔE 34

Deuteranopia

#9ca38c · ΔE 48.3

Tritanopia

#b8817e · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 27.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc3aa1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc3aa1]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#bc3aa1 (#bc3aa1) is rgb(188, 58, 161) in RGB.

No, #bc3aa1 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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