#cb00aa

Color #cb00aa

A vivid, highly saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Medium Violet Red #c71585 · ΔE 21 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#cb00aa

RGB

rgb(203, 0, 170)

HSL

hsl(309.8, 100%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(309.8, 100%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 16.3%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(46.45, 78.25, -34.8)

LCH

lch(46.45, 85.64, 336.02)

OKLCH

oklch(57.2%, 0.2511, 337.8)

HWB

hwb(309.8, 0%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00cb21

Analogous

#8700cb

#cb00aa

#cb0044

Triadic

#cb00aa

#aacb00

#00aacb

Split-complementary

#cb00aa

#44cb00

#00cb87

Tetradic

#cb00aa

#cb2100

#00cb21

#00aacb

Square

#cb00aa

#cb8700

#00cb21

#0044cb

Shades

Color #cb00aa mixed toward black.

#a9008e

#870071

#650055

#440039

#22001c

Tints

Color #cb00aa mixed toward white.

#fe00d5

#ff32de

#ff65e6

#ff99ee

#ffccf7

Tones

Color #cb00aa mixed toward gray.

#ba119e

#a92293

#983388

#87447c

#765571

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.12:1

White text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9c96 · ΔE 38.2

Deuteranopia

#a4ad91 · ΔE 55.4

Tritanopia

#c6837f · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 29.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #cb00aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cb00aa]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#cb00aa (#cb00aa) is rgb(203, 0, 170) in RGB.

No, #cb00aa 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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