#ca27ae

Color #ca27ae

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Medium Violet Red #c71585 · ΔE 19.47 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ca27ae

RGB

rgb(202, 39, 174)

HSL

hsl(310.3, 67.6%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(310.3, 80.7%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 13.9%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(48.34, 73.09, -34.19)

LCH

lch(48.34, 80.69, 334.93)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.2346, 336.57)

HWB

hwb(310.3, 15.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#27ca43

Analogous

#9527ca

#ca27ae

#ca275d

Triadic

#ca27ae

#aeca27

#27aeca

Split-complementary

#ca27ae

#5dca27

#27ca95

Tetradic

#ca27ae

#ca4327

#27ca43

#27aeca

Square

#ca27ae

#ca9527

#27ca43

#275dca

Shades

Color #ca27ae mixed toward black.

#a82191

#871a74

#651457

#430d3a

#22071d

Tints

Color #ca27ae mixed toward white.

#db43c1

#e269cd

#e98eda

#f0b4e6

#f8d9f3

Tones

Color #ca27ae mixed toward gray.

#bd35a5

#af429c

#a15093

#945d8a

#866b82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.41:1

White text reads better on this background (4.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9d9b · ΔE 33.8

Deuteranopia

#a5ad95 · ΔE 51.9

Tritanopia

#c68984 · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 28.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ca27ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ca27ae]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#ca27ae (#ca27ae) is rgb(202, 39, 174) in RGB.

No, #ca27ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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