#bc1199

Color #bc1199

A vivid, highly saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Medium Violet Red #c71585 · ΔE 14.59 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-700 #a800b7 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bc1199

RGB

rgb(188, 17, 153)

HSL

hsl(312.3, 83.4%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(312.3, 91%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 91%, 18.6%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(43.35, 71.59, -29.68)

LCH

lch(43.35, 77.5, 337.48)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.2286, 339.39)

HWB

hwb(312.3, 6.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#11bc34

Analogous

#8a11bc

#bc1199

#bc1143

Triadic

#bc1199

#99bc11

#1199bc

Split-complementary

#bc1199

#43bc11

#11bc8a

Tetradic

#bc1199

#bc3411

#11bc34

#1199bc

Square

#bc1199

#bc8a11

#11bc34

#1143bc

Shades

Color #bc1199 mixed toward black.

#9d0e7f

#7d0b66

#5e094c

#3f0633

#1f0319

Tints

Color #bc1199 mixed toward white.

#ea16be

#ee45cb

#f273d8

#f7a2e5

#fbd0f2

Tones

Color #bc1199 mixed toward gray.

#ae1f91

#a02e88

#913c80

#834a77

#75586f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.68:1

White text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#929187 · ΔE 39.9

Deuteranopia

#99a082 · ΔE 54.2

Tritanopia

#b87773 · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 28.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc1199;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc1199]

Related colors

Medium Violet Red #c71585

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Frequently asked questions

#bc1199 (#bc1199) is rgb(188, 17, 153) in RGB.

No, #bc1199 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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