#b400aa

Color #b400aa

A vivid, highly saturated dark magenta.

Closest named color Dark Magenta #8b008b · ΔE 15.38 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#b400aa

RGB

rgb(180, 0, 170)

HSL

hsl(303.3, 100%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(303.3, 100%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 5.6%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(42.17, 74.18, -41.85)

LCH

lch(42.17, 85.17, 330.57)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.2418, 331.41)

HWB

hwb(303.3, 0%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00b40a

Analogous

#6400b4

#b400aa

#b40050

Triadic

#b400aa

#aab400

#00aab4

Split-complementary

#b400aa

#50b400

#00b464

Tetradic

#b400aa

#b40a00

#00b40a

#00aab4

Square

#b400aa

#b46400

#00b40a

#0050b4

Shades

Color #b400aa mixed toward black.

#96008e

#780071

#5a0055

#3c0039

#1e001c

Tints

Color #b400aa mixed toward white.

#eb00de

#ff23f3

#ff5af6

#ff91f9

#ffc8fc

Tones

Color #b400aa mixed toward gray.

#a50f9d

#961e8f

#872d82

#783c75

#694b67

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.52:1

White text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8a96 · ΔE 30.7

Deuteranopia

#919991 · ΔE 44.8

Tritanopia

#b0837f · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 29.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #b400aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b400aa]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#b400aa (#b400aa) is rgb(180, 0, 170) in RGB.

No, #b400aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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