#c508af

Color #c508af

A vivid, highly saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Dark Magenta #8b008b · ΔE 19.68 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c508af

RGB

rgb(197, 8, 175)

HSL

hsl(307, 92.2%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(307, 95.9%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 95.9%, 11.2%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(45.83, 77.12, -38.81)

LCH

lch(45.83, 86.33, 333.29)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.2493, 334.69)

HWB

hwb(307, 3.1%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#08c51e

Analogous

#7d08c5

#c508af

#c50850

Triadic

#c508af

#afc508

#08afc5

Split-complementary

#c508af

#50c508

#08c57d

Tetradic

#c508af

#c51e08

#08c51e

#08afc5

Square

#c508af

#c57d08

#08c51e

#0850c5

Shades

Color #c508af mixed toward black.

#a40792

#830575

#630457

#42033a

#21011d

Tints

Color #c508af mixed toward white.

#f50bda

#f73ce1

#f96ce9

#fb9df0

#fdcef8

Tones

Color #c508af mixed toward gray.

#b518a3

#a62897

#96378b

#86477f

#765773

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.03:1

White text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#99989b · ΔE 32.9

Deuteranopia

#a0a895 · ΔE 51

Tritanopia

#c18783 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 29.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c508af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c508af]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#c508af (#c508af) is rgb(197, 8, 175) in RGB.

No, #c508af 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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