HEX Color #B6428A (Mediumvioletred)

About #B6428A

The hex code #B6428A represents a beautifully specific shade of magenta. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Mediumvioletred. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 182, 66, and 138.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 64% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 322.8 degrees, it sits comfortably in the magenta spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#B6428A

RGB182, 66, 138

HSL322.8°, 46.8%, 48.6%

CMYK0%, 64%, 24%, 29%

HSV322.8°, 63.7%, 71.4%

LAB46.5, 54.3, -15.8

XYZ25.8, 15.7, 25.7

Decimal11944586

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#B6428A #41B66E

Analogous

#A841B6 #B6414F

Triadic

#8AB641 #418AB6

Tetradic

#B6A841 #41B66E #4150B6

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#B6428A

#BE5797

#C66CA4

#CE81B1

#D696BE

#DEABCB

#E6C0D8

#EED5E5

#F6EAF2

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#B6428A

#A13A7A

#8D336B

#792C5C

#65244C

#501D3D

#3C162E

#280E1E

#14070F

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.08:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

4.14:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

4.85:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

3.52:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #B6428A; }

.text-color { color: #B6428A; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #B6428A; }

Similar Colors

Mediumvioletred

#C71585