#ca57cd

Color #ca57cd

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 7.69 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-500 #e12afb · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ca57cd

RGB

rgb(202, 87, 205)

HSL

hsl(298.5, 54.1%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(298.5, 57.6%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.5%, 57.6%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(55.87, 61.07, -40.32)

LCH

lch(55.87, 73.18, 326.57)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.2022, 326.6)

HWB

hwb(298.5, 34.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5acd57

Analogous

#8f57cd

#ca57cd

#cd5795

Triadic

#ca57cd

#cdca57

#57cdca

Split-complementary

#ca57cd

#95cd57

#57cd8f

Tetradic

#ca57cd

#cd575a

#5acd57

#57cdca

Square

#ca57cd

#cd8f57

#5acd57

#5795cd

Shades

Color #ca57cd mixed toward black.

#b838bc

#932d96

#6f2271

#4a164b

#250b26

Tints

Color #ca57cd mixed toward white.

#d373d5

#dc8fde

#e5abe6

#edc7ee

#f6e3f7

Tones

Color #ca57cd mixed toward gray.

#c161c3

#b76bb9

#ae75b0

#a57ea6

#9b889c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a4b9 · ΔE 25

Deuteranopia

#abb1b4 · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#c6a7a3 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 27.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ca57cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca57cd]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Violet #ee82ee

Frequently asked questions

#ca57cd (#ca57cd) is rgb(202, 87, 205) in RGB.

No, #ca57cd 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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