#c140e0

Color #c140e0

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.5 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c140e0

RGB

rgb(193, 64, 224)

HSL

hsl(288.4, 72.1%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288.4, 71.4%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(52.27, 71.72, -56.92)

LCH

lch(52.27, 91.56, 321.56)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.2437, 319.06)

HWB

hwb(288.4, 25.1%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5fe040

Analogous

#7140e0

#c140e0

#e040af

Triadic

#c140e0

#e0c140

#40e0c1

Split-complementary

#c140e0

#afe040

#40e071

Tetradic

#c140e0

#e0405f

#5fe040

#40e0c1

Square

#c140e0

#e07140

#5fe040

#40afe0

Shades

Color #c140e0 mixed toward black.

#ad21cf

#8b1ba5

#68147c

#450d53

#230729

Tints

Color #c140e0 mixed toward white.

#cb60e5

#d680ea

#e0a0f0

#eabff5

#f5dffa

Tones

Color #c140e0 mixed toward gray.

#b94dd3

#b15bc5

#a968b8

#a075ab

#98839d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a99c8 · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#a0a7c2 · ΔE 27.9

Tritanopia

#bdb2ad · ΔE 36.5

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 29.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c140e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c140e0]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#c140e0 (#c140e0) is rgb(193, 64, 224) in RGB.

No, #c140e0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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