#c2279f

Color #c2279f

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Medium Violet Red #c71585 · ΔE 13.74 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c2279f

RGB

rgb(194, 39, 159)

HSL

hsl(313.5, 66.5%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(313.5, 79.9%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 18%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(46.21, 69.34, -28.73)

LCH

lch(46.21, 75.06, 337.49)

OKLCH

oklch(56.6%, 0.2209, 339.37)

HWB

hwb(313.5, 15.3%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#27c24a

Analogous

#9727c2

#c2279f

#c22752

Triadic

#c2279f

#9fc227

#279fc2

Split-complementary

#c2279f

#52c227

#27c297

Tetradic

#c2279f

#c24a27

#27c24a

#279fc2

Square

#c2279f

#c29727

#27c24a

#2752c2

Shades

Color #c2279f mixed toward black.

#a22185

#811a6a

#611450

#410d35

#20071b

Tints

Color #c2279f mixed toward white.

#d83fb6

#e065c4

#e88cd3

#f0b2e2

#f7d9f0

Tones

Color #c2279f mixed toward gray.

#b53498

#a84191

#9b4e8a

#8e5b83

#81687c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.08:1

White text reads better on this background (5.14:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#98978d · ΔE 39

Deuteranopia

#9fa689 · ΔE 52.8

Tritanopia

#be7d79 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 28

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c2279f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c2279f]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#c2279f (#c2279f) is rgb(194, 39, 159) in RGB.

No, #c2279f 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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