#c856bb

Color #c856bb

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Orchid #da70d6 · ΔE 8.95 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c856bb

RGB

rgb(200, 86, 187)

HSL

hsl(306.8, 50.9%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(306.8, 57%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 57%, 6.5%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(54.58, 57.93, -32.04)

LCH

lch(54.58, 66.2, 331.05)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.1874, 332.16)

HWB

hwb(306.8, 33.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#56c863

Analogous

#9c56c8

#c856bb

#c85682

Triadic

#c856bb

#bbc856

#56bbc8

Split-complementary

#c856bb

#82c856

#56c89c

Tetradic

#c856bb

#c86356

#56c863

#56bbc8

Square

#c856bb

#c89c56

#56c863

#5682c8

Shades

Color #c856bb mixed toward black.

#b43ba6

#902f85

#6c2364

#481742

#240c21

Tints

Color #c856bb mixed toward white.

#d172c6

#da8ed2

#e4abdd

#edc7e8

#f6e3f4

Tones

Color #c856bb mixed toward gray.

#bf60b4

#b569ac

#ac73a5

#a27c9e

#998696

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a2a9 · ΔE 26.9

Deuteranopia

#a9b0a5 · ΔE 40.7

Tritanopia

#c49a96 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 26.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c856bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c856bb]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#c856bb (#c856bb) is rgb(200, 86, 187) in RGB.

No, #c856bb 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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