Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind fuchsia-400 #E879F9

Tailwind CSS v3's fuchsia-400 is #E879F9. It is a light vivid magenta in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.748, chroma 0.207 and hue 322.2°. The nearest CSS named color is violet (#EE82EE), ΔE2000 3.4 away.

Relative luminance
0.3767
OKLCH L · C · h
0.748 · 0.207 · 322.2
Best text
Black 8.53:1
Hue family
Violet
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#E879F9 color codes

HEX
#E879F9
RGB
rgb(232, 121, 249)
HSL
hsl(292, 91%, 73%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.748 0.207 322.2)
OKLab
oklab(0.748 0.163 -0.127)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 67.78, a* 61.06, b* -45.90
XYZ (D65)
X 57.21, Y 37.67, Z 93.86
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(7%, 51%, 0%, 2%)

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 #E879F9 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 8.53:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.46:1.

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

    8.53:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +56

  • White text on it

    2.46:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −52

  • As text on black

    8.53:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −54

  • As text on white

    2.46:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +47

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #B446C5 4.54:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.75 to 0.59 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #E879F9 8.53:1

    It already reaches 8.53:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #E879F9 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 #E879F9

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #E879F9 sits at step 400.

  1. 50#FDF0FF
    White
    1.10
    Black
    19.08
  2. 100#FBE1FF
    White
    1.21
    Black
    17.31
  3. 200#F7C2FF
    White
    1.48
    Black
    14.11
  4. 300#F195FF
    White
    2.00
    Black
    10.48
  5. 400This color#E879F9
    White
    2.46
    Black
    8.53
  6. 500#BD4FCE
    White
    4.05
    Black
    5.17
  7. 600#A335B3
    White
    5.64
    Black
    3.71
  8. 700#881898
    White
    7.98
    Black
    2.63
  9. 800#670074
    White
    11.48
    Black
    1.82
  10. 900#45004E
    White
    15.40
    Black
    1.36
  11. 950#28002F
    White
    18.56
    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. 400This color#E879F9
    White
    2.46
    Black
    8.53
  6. 500#D946EF
    White
    3.45
    Black
    6.07
  7. 600#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 #E879F9 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.224; #E879F9 uses 92% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.247 there: 10% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.207
sRGB edge
0.224
Display P3 edge
0.247
Rec. 2020 edge
0.252
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 555 nm
Excitation purity
47%
Chromaticity
x 0.3031, y 0.1996
  • This color#E879F9
  • Most vivid in sRGB#EC73FF
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.748 0.247 322.2)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #e879f9;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8835 0.4459 1); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #E879F9

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%#F4BCFC
  • OKLab50%#F6BFFE
  • OKLCH50%#F6BFFE

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#743D7D
  • OKLab50%#592B61
  • OKLCH50%#592B61

Its complement #4ECC45

  • sRGB50%#9BA39F
  • OKLab50%#ADADAD
  • OKLCH50%#00BCFD
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #e879f9, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #e879f9 50%, white);

In use

#E879F9 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, 4.5:18.53:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.46:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.46:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.46:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #B446C5 4.54:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:18.53:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.61:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:17.61:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.61:1 Passes

Color vision

How #E879F9 looks with color blindness

Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 30.2; tritanopia changes it least, 17.1.

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

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #659DFD ΔE2000 30.2

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft blue

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #88AAF5 ΔE2000 27.1

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft blue

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #EB8AAE ΔE2000 17.1

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft pink

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #A5A5A5 ΔE2000 28.2

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #4ECC45. Their lightness contrast is only 1.17:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#E879F9 · #4ECC4589.1Stays distinct
Protanopia#659DFD · #D1BA3358.7Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#88AAF5 · #C1AF5150.6Stays distinct
Tritanopia#EB8AAE · #37C6B056.5Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#A5A5A5 · #B3B3B34.0Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #E879F9

Its complement is #4ECC45, a light vivid green.

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

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#E879F9
  • Complement#4ECC45

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#B09BFF
  • Base#E879F9
  • +30°#FF77B9

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#E879F9
  • +120°#DDA200
  • +240°#00C4D0

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#E879F9
  • +150°#B0B600
  • +210°#00CAA3

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-400: #e879f9;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as fuchsia-400;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        fuchsia: { 400: '#e879f9' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own fuchsia-400; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-fuchsia-400: oklch(0.748 0.207 322.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "fuchsia-400": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9098, 0.4745, 0.9765],
        "hex": "#e879f9"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 fuchsia-400"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let fuchsia400 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.910, green: 0.475, blue: 0.976, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Fuchsia400 = Color(0xFFE879F9)
}

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 #E879F9 in the tools

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