#c401ff

Color #c401ff

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 18.71 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c401ff

RGB

rgb(196, 1, 255)

HSL

hsl(286.1, 100%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(286.1, 99.6%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.1%, 99.6%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(50.66, 89.91, -76.91)

LCH

lch(50.66, 118.32, 319.46)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.3045, 314.28)

HWB

hwb(286.1, 0.4%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3cff01

Analogous

#4501ff

#c401ff

#ff01bb

Triadic

#c401ff

#ffc401

#01ffc4

Split-complementary

#c401ff

#bbff01

#01ff45

Tetradic

#c401ff

#ff013c

#3cff01

#01ffc4

Square

#c401ff

#ff4501

#3cff01

#01bbff

Shades

Color #c401ff mixed toward black.

#a400d5

#8300ab

#620080

#420055

#21002b

Tints

Color #c401ff mixed toward white.

#ce2bff

#d856ff

#e280ff

#ebaaff

#f5d5ff

Tones

Color #c401ff mixed toward gray.

#b916ea

#ad2bd5

#a241c0

#9756aa

#8b6b95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9897e2 · ΔE 25.2

Deuteranopia

#9fa7da · ΔE 29.7

Tritanopia

#c0c6c0 · ΔE 41.7

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 32.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c401ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c401ff]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#c401ff (#c401ff) is rgb(196, 1, 255) in RGB.

No, #c401ff 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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