#c157b5

Color #c157b5

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 10.19 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c157b5

RGB

rgb(193, 87, 181)

HSL

hsl(306.8, 46.1%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306.8, 54.9%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 6.2%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(53.48, 54.53, -30.36)

LCH

lch(53.48, 62.41, 330.89)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.1764, 332.01)

HWB

hwb(306.8, 34.1%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57c163

Analogous

#9857c1

#c157b5

#c15780

Triadic

#c157b5

#b5c157

#57b5c1

Split-complementary

#c157b5

#80c157

#57c198

Tetradic

#c157b5

#c16357

#57c163

#57b5c1

Square

#c157b5

#c19857

#57c163

#5780c1

Shades

Color #c157b5 mixed toward black.

#aa3f9e

#88327f

#66265f

#44193f

#220d20

Tints

Color #c157b5 mixed toward white.

#cb73c1

#d68fce

#e0abda

#eac7e6

#f5e3f3

Tones

Color #c157b5 mixed toward gray.

#b860ae

#af69a7

#a771a0

#9e7a9a

#958393

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9ea4 · ΔE 26.5

Deuteranopia

#a4aaa0 · ΔE 39

Tritanopia

#bd9692 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 26.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c157b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c157b5]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#c157b5 (#c157b5) is rgb(193, 87, 181) in RGB.

No, #c157b5 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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