CSS named color

Fuchsia / Magenta #FF00FF

The CSS keywords fuchsia and magenta are both #FF00FF. It is a light vivid magenta in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.702, chroma 0.322 and hue 328.4°.

Relative luminance: 0.2848
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.702 · 0.322 · 328.4
Best text: Black 6.69:1
Hue family: Violet

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#FF00FF color codes

HEX: #FF00FF
RGB: rgb(255, 0, 255)
HSL: hsl(300, 100%, 50%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.702 0.322 328.4)
OKLab: oklab(0.702 0.275 -0.169)
CIELAB (D65): L* 60.32, a* 98.23, b* -60.82
XYZ (D65): X 59.29, Y 28.48, Z 96.96
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 100%, 0%, 0%)

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 #FF00FF accessible?

Black text on it reaches 6.69:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.13:1, 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

6.69:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +48
White text on it

3.13:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −60
As text on black

6.69:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −46
As text on white

3.13:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +55

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#D000D0 4.57:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.70 to 0.60 reaches 4.57:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FF00FF 6.69:1

It already reaches 6.69:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FF00FF 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 #FF00FF

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FF00FF sits at step 400.

50#FFF0FE

White
1.09
Black
19.14
100#FFE0FD

White
1.21
Black
17.33
200#FFBEFB

White
1.49
Black
14.01
300#FF8BFB

White
2.03
Black
10.33
400This color#FF00FF

White
3.13
Black
6.69
500#D800D8

White
4.27
Black
4.91
600#B400B4

White
5.83
Black
3.59
700#910091

White
8.03
Black
2.61
800#6B006B

White
11.42
Black
1.83
900#470047

White
15.45
Black
1.35
950#2A002A

White
18.55
Black
1.13

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #FF00FF can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.323; #FF00FF uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.353 there: 9% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.322
sRGB edge: 0.323
Display P3 edge: 0.353
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.362
Dominant wavelength: Complementary 549 nm
Excitation purity: 67%
Chromaticity: x 0.3209, y 0.1542

This color#FF00FF
Most vivid in sRGB#FF00FF
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.702 0.353 328.4)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #ff00ff;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.9414 0 0.9983); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FF00FF

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%#FF80FF
OKLab50%#FFA6FF
OKLCH50%#FFADFB

Black #000000

sRGB50%#800080
OKLab50%#630063
OKLCH50%#630063

Its complement #00BF4F

sRGB50%#8060A7
OKLab50%#B492B2
OKLCH50%#E98000

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ff00ff, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ff00ff 50%, white);

In use

#FF00FF 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, 4.5:16.69:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.13:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:13.13:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.13:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #D000D0 4.57:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:16.69:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.97:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:15.97:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.97:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FF00FF looks with color blindness

Protanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 36.1; tritanopia changes it least, 17.8.

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

#007FFF ΔE2000 36.1

Distinct

Reads as vivid blue
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#689BFA ΔE2000 35.7

Distinct

Reads as light soft blue
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FF4A97 ΔE2000 17.8

Distinct

Reads as light vivid pink
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#919191 ΔE2000 32.1

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00BF4F. Their lightness contrast is only 1.27:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#FF00FF · #00BF4F	99.9	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#007FFF · #C1AD44	62.3	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#689BFA · #AFA158	51.3	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FF4A97 · #00BBA7	63.2	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#919191 · #A5A5A5	6.3	Harder to tell apart

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FF00FF

Its complement is #00BF4F, 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#FF00FF
Complement#00BF4F

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#AF81FF
Base#FF00FF
+30°#FF589D

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#FF00FF
+120°#C49800
+240°#00B3C6

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#FF00FF
+150°#96AC00
+210°#00B89F

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: #ff00ff;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        fuchsia: '#ff00ff',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-fuchsia: oklch(0.702 0.322 328.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "fuchsia": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0, 1],
        "hex": "#ff00ff"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color fuchsia / magenta"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let fuchsia = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.000, blue: 1.000, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Fuchsia = Color(0xFFFF00FF)
}

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 #FF00FF in the tools

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

Fuchsia / Magenta #FF00FF

#FF00FF color codes

Contrast: is #FF00FF accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #FF00FF live

Shades and tints of #FF00FF

How vivid #FF00FF can get

Mixing #FF00FF

#FF00FF in an interface

How #FF00FF looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FF00FF

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #FF00FF in the tools