Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind fuchsia-600 #C026D3

Tailwind CSS v3's fuchsia-600 is #C026D3. It is a vivid magenta in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.591, chroma 0.257 and hue 322.9°. The nearest CSS named color is mediumorchid (#BA55D3), ΔE2000 6.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.1730
OKLCH L · C · h
0.591 · 0.257 · 322.9
Best text
White 4.70:1
Hue family
Violet
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#C026D3 color codes

HEX
#C026D3
RGB
rgb(192, 38, 211)
HSL
hsl(293, 69%, 49%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.591 0.257 322.9)
OKLab
oklab(0.591 0.205 -0.155)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 48.63, a* 77.00, b* -55.36
XYZ (D65)
X 34.19, Y 17.30, Z 63.15
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(9%, 82%, 0%, 17%)

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 #C026D3 accessible?

White text on it reaches 4.70:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.45:1, enough for large text only.

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

    4.45:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +33

  • White text on it

    4.70:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −76

  • As text on black

    4.45:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −30

  • As text on white

    4.70:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +71

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #C026D3 4.70:1

    It already reaches 4.70:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #C229D5 4.57:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.59 to 0.60 reaches 4.57:1 on black, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #C026D3 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.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #C026D3

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #C026D3 sits at step 500.

  1. 50#FEF0FF
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.12
  2. 100#FCE1FF
    White
    1.21
    Black
    17.35
  3. 200#F9C1FF
    White
    1.48
    Black
    14.09
  4. 300#F393FF
    White
    2.01
    Black
    10.42
  5. 400#E759FA
    White
    2.91
    Black
    7.20
  6. 500This color#C026D3
    White
    4.70
    Black
    4.45
  7. 600#AE00C1
    White
    5.88
    Black
    3.56
  8. 700#8C009C
    White
    8.09
    Black
    2.59
  9. 800#670073
    White
    11.51
    Black
    1.82
  10. 900#45004D
    White
    15.43
    Black
    1.36
  11. 950#29002E
    White
    18.52
    Black
    1.13

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.

  1. 50#FDF4FF
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.56
  2. 100#FAE8FF
    White
    1.16
    Black
    18.05
  3. 200#F5D0FE
    White
    1.36
    Black
    15.33
  4. 300#F0ABFC
    White
    1.75
    Black
    11.93
  5. 400#E879F9
    White
    2.46
    Black
    8.53
  6. 500#D946EF
    White
    3.45
    Black
    6.07
  7. 600This color#C026D3
    White
    4.70
    Black
    4.45
  8. 700#A21CAF
    White
    6.32
    Black
    3.32
  9. 800#86198F
    White
    8.23
    Black
    2.54
  10. 900#701A75
    White
    10.03
    Black
    2.09
  11. 950#4A044E
    White
    14.80
    Black
    1.41

Gamut

How vivid #C026D3 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.280; #C026D3 uses 92% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.303 there: 8% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.257
sRGB edge
0.280
Display P3 edge
0.303
Rec. 2020 edge
0.346
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 555 nm
Excitation purity
65%
Chromaticity
x 0.2982, y 0.1509
  • This color#C026D3
  • Most vivid in sRGB#C500DA
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.591 0.303 322.9)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #c026d3;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.724 0 0.853); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #C026D3

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%#E093E9
  • OKLab50%#E4A0EC
  • OKLCH50%#E4A0EC

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#60136A
  • OKLab50%#490851
  • OKLCH50%#490851

Its complement #00990B

  • sRGB50%#60606F
  • OKLab50%#867888
  • OKLCH50%#C05F00
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #c026d3, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #c026d3 50%, white);

In use

#C026D3 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, 4.5:14.70:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.70:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.70:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.70:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:14.70:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.97:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:13.97:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.97:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #CA34DD 4.50:1

Color vision

How #C026D3 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 30.7; tritanopia changes it least, 17.8.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #0069D7 ΔE2000 30.4

    Distinct

    Reads as vivid blue

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #4679CF ΔE2000 30.7

    Distinct

    Reads as soft blue

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #C34C7F ΔE2000 17.8

    Distinct

    Reads as soft pink

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #737373 ΔE2000 30.3

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00990B. Their lightness contrast is only 1.24:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#C026D3 · #00990B94.2Stays distinct
Protanopia#0069D7 · #9C890061.7Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#4679CF · #8F802353.5Stays distinct
Tritanopia#C34C7F · #00948154.1Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#737373 · #8383836.3Harder to tell apart

Harmony

Color harmonies for #C026D3

Its complement is #00990B, a vivid green.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#C026D3
  • Complement#00990B

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#8A4DFF
  • Base#C026D3
  • +30°#DF008A

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#C026D3
  • +120°#A17600
  • +240°#008F98

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#C026D3
  • +150°#7F8500
  • +210°#009377

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-fuchsia-600: #c026d3;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as fuchsia-600;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        fuchsia: { 600: '#c026d3' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own fuchsia-600; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-fuchsia-600: oklch(0.591 0.257 322.9);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "fuchsia-600": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.7529, 0.149, 0.8275],
        "hex": "#c026d3"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 fuchsia-600"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let fuchsia600 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.753, green: 0.149, blue: 0.827, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Fuchsia600 = Color(0xFFC026D3)
}

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.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #C026D3 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.