Colour reference

Fuchsia 500

#d946ef

RGB: rgb(217 70 239)
HSL: 292°, 84%, 61%
OKLCh: 66.7% 0.259 322.1

Fuchsia 500 in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#d946ef`
RGB	`rgb(217 70 239)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(217, 70, 239)`
RGB percent	`rgb(85.1% 27.45% 93.73%)`
HSL	`hsl(292.2 84.1% 60.6%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(292.2, 84.1%, 60.6%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(292.2, 70.7%, 93.7%)`
HWB	`hwb(292.2 27.5% 6.3%)`
Nearest name	`mediumorchid (approx.)`
CMYK	`cmyk(9.2%, 70.7%, 0%, 6.3%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(66.676% 0.25906 322.15)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(66.676% 0.20456 -0.15896)`
CIE LCh	`lch(57.135% 92.153 321.873)`
CIE Lab	`lab(57.135% 72.492 -56.896)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.7867 0.3176 0.9074)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.7003 0.3146 0.8893)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.6939 0.0612 0.8632)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.4638 0.2537 0.8412)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.851, 0.275, 0.937)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.694, 0.061, 0.863)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.851, 0.275, 0.937, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.694, 0.061, 0.863, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(217, 70, 239)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.851, 0.275, 0.937)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.694, 0.061, 0.863)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.851, 0.275, 0.937, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.851, 0.275, 0.937, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.851, 0.275, 0.937)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.851, 0.275, 0.937, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.694, 0.061, 0.863)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.851f, 0.275f, 0.937f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(217, 70, 239, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.6939f, 0.0612f, 0.8632f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(217, 70, 239, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.851, 0.275, 0.937, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFD946EF)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(217, 70, 239)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.851, green: 0.275, blue: 0.937)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.851, green: 0.275, blue: 0.937, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xD946EF`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFD946EF`
Array 0–1	`[0.851, 0.275, 0.937]`
Array 0–255	`[217, 70, 239]`
Decimal integer	`14239471`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Fuchsia 500 on white	3.46:1	AA Large	Lc 61	Headings and large text
Fuchsia 500 on black	6.07:1	AA	Lc 41	Non-text elements only

Fuchsia 500 text on a white background

Fuchsia 500 text on a black background

White text on Fuchsia 500

Black text on Fuchsia 500

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#ffeeff
100#ffdeff
200#ffc1ff
300#fd98ff
400#ee64ff
500#cf3ae5
600#b014c5
700#9300a6
800#770088
900#5f006d
950#3a0044

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#e26df3
Tint 2#e98ef7
Tint 3#f0acfa
Tint 4#f6c8fd
Tint 5#fbe4fe
Shade 1#aa35bb
Shade 2#7d258a
Shade 3#53155c
Shade 4#2c0732
Shade 5#0b010d

Colours that work with Fuchsia 500

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#00b600
#c38800
#00abb7
#9c70ff
#ff26a4

Closest CSS names

mediumorchidΔEok 0.071
fuchsiaΔEok 0.079
orchidΔEok 0.089
violetΔEok 0.121
darkorchidΔEok 0.137
mediumpurpleΔEok 0.141