#c257b6

Color #c257b6

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 9.88 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#c257b6

RGB

rgb(194, 87, 182)

HSL

hsl(306.7, 46.7%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306.7, 55.2%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 6.2%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(53.67, 54.98, -30.63)

LCH

lch(53.67, 62.94, 330.88)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.1779, 331.97)

HWB

hwb(306.7, 34.1%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57c263

Analogous

#9857c2

#c257b6

#c25781

Triadic

#c257b6

#b6c257

#57b6c2

Split-complementary

#c257b6

#81c257

#57c298

Tetradic

#c257b6

#c26357

#57c263

#57b6c2

Square

#c257b6

#c29857

#57c263

#5781c2

Shades

Color #c257b6 mixed toward black.

#ac3ea0

#893280

#672560

#451940

#220c20

Tints

Color #c257b6 mixed toward white.

#cc73c2

#d68fce

#e0abdb

#ebc7e7

#f5e3f3

Tones

Color #c257b6 mixed toward gray.

#b960af

#b069a8

#a772a1

#9e7b9a

#958493

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9ea5 · ΔE 26.3

Deuteranopia

#a4aba1 · ΔE 39.5

Tritanopia

#be9693 · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c257b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c257b6]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#c257b6 (#c257b6) is rgb(194, 87, 182) in RGB.

No, #c257b6 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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