Tailwind CSS v3 color
Tailwind fuchsia-800 #86198F
Tailwind CSS v3's fuchsia-800 is #86198F. It is a dark vivid magenta in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.452, chroma 0.192 and hue 324.6°. The nearest CSS named color is darkmagenta (#8B008B), ΔE2000 1.9 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.0775
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.452 · 0.192 · 324.6
- Best text
- White 8.23:1
- Hue family
- Violet
#86198F color codes
- HEX
#86198F- RGB
rgb(134, 25, 143)- HSL
hsl(295, 70%, 33%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.452 0.192 324.6)- OKLab
oklab(0.452 0.157 -0.111)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 33.45, a* 57.86, b* -39.89- XYZ (D65)
X 15.14, Y 7.75, Z 26.68- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(6%, 83%, 0%, 44%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Legibility
Contrast: is #86198F accessible?
White text on it reaches 8.23:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.54:1.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
2.54:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +16
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White text on it
8.23:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −91
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As text on black
2.54:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −15
-
As text on white
8.23:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +87
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#86198F 8.23:1
It already reaches 8.23:1 on white, so no change is needed.
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For text on black
#B249BA 4.55:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.45 to 0.59 reaches 4.55:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #86198F live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #86198F
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #86198F sits at step 700.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Tailwind CSS v3 fuchsia scale
The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.
Gamut
How vivid #86198F can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.212; #86198F uses 91% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.230 there: 9% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.192
- sRGB edge
- 0.212
- Display P3 edge
- 0.230
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.264
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 554 nm
- Excitation purity
- 64%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3054, y 0.1563
- This color#86198F
- Most vivid in sRGB#8A0095
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.452 0.230 324.6)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #86198f;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5075 0 0.5812); }
}Mixing
Mixing #86198F
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#C38CC7
- OKLab50%#C592C8
- OKLCH50%#C592C8
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#430D48
- OKLab50%#300434
- OKLCH50%#300434
Its complement #006916
- sRGB50%#434153
- OKLab50%#5D515D
- OKLCH50%#005D83
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #86198f, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #86198f 50%, white);In use
#86198F in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:18.23:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:18.23:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:18.23:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:18.23:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:18.23:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.27:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:12.27:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.27:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #BC53C4 4.61:1
Color vision
How #86198F looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 27.4; tritanopia changes it least, 15.9.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#004792 ΔE2000 26.4
Distinct
Reads as dark soft blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#33538C ΔE2000 25.6
Distinct
Reads as dark soft blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#893155 ΔE2000 15.9
Distinct
Reads as dark soft wine
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#4F4F4F ΔE2000 27.4
Distinct
Reads as dark gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #006916. Their lightness contrast is only 1.18:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #86198F · #006916 | 78.6 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #004792 · #6B5E05 | 52.3 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #33538C · #61571F | 43.1 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #893155 · #006659 | 46.2 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #4F4F4F · #5A5A5A | 3.9 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #86198F
Its complement is #006916, a dark soft green.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#86198F
- Complement#006916
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#6130B3
- Base#86198F
- +30°#9C005C
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#86198F
- +120°#6E5100
- +240°#00626A
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#86198F
- +150°#555C00
- +210°#006553
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-fuchsia-800: #86198f;
}// tailwind.config.js — already built in as fuchsia-800;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
fuchsia: { 800: '#86198f' },
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
/* v4 has its own fuchsia-800; this pins the v3 value. */
--color-fuchsia-800: oklch(0.452 0.192 324.6);
}{
"color": {
"fuchsia-800": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.5255, 0.098, 0.5608],
"hex": "#86198f"
},
"$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 fuchsia-800"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let fuchsia800 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.525, green: 0.098, blue: 0.561, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Fuchsia800 = Color(0xFF86198F)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #86198F in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.