#c42796

Color #c42796

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Medium Violet Red #c71585 · ΔE 8.65 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c42796

RGB

rgb(196, 39, 150)

HSL

hsl(317.6, 66.8%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(317.6, 80.1%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 80.1%, 23.5%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(46.17, 68.64, -23.38)

LCH

lch(46.17, 72.51, 341.19)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.2165, 343.2)

HWB

hwb(317.6, 15.3%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#27c455

Analogous

#a427c4

#c42796

#c42747

Triadic

#c42796

#96c427

#2796c4

Split-complementary

#c42796

#47c427

#27c4a4

Tetradic

#c42796

#c45527

#27c455

#2796c4

Square

#c42796

#c4a427

#27c455

#2747c4

Shades

Color #c42796 mixed toward black.

#a3217d

#831a64

#62144b

#410d32

#210719

Tints

Color #c42796 mixed toward white.

#d940ac

#e166bd

#e88ccd

#f0b3de

#f7d9ee

Tones

Color #c42796 mixed toward gray.

#b73491

#aa418b

#9d4e86

#905b80

#83687b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.08:1

White text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9985 · ΔE 44.3

Deuteranopia

#a0a881 · ΔE 56.1

Tritanopia

#c07672 · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 27.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c42796;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c42796]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Deep Pink #ff1493

Hot Pink #ff69b4

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#c42796 (#c42796) is rgb(196, 39, 150) in RGB.

No, #c42796 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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