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Tailwind fuchsia-800

In Tailwind CSS 4.3.3, fuchsia-800 is defined as oklch(45.2% 0.211 324.591); in hex that is #8a0194, or rgb(138 1 148). White text on it reaches 8.36:1, passing WCAG AAA, and Recolor (recolor.page) can show it on a real page.

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#8a0194fuchsia-800
From the theme file of Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 (--color-fuchsia-800), converted with Recolor's color code, October 9, 2026
FormatValue
OKLCH, as Tailwind writes itoklch(45.2% 0.211 324.591)
Hex#8a0194
RGBrgb(138 1 148)
HSLhsl(296 99% 29%)
CSS variablevar(--color-fuchsia-800)
Nearest CSS namedarkmagenta #8b008b, 0.015 away in OKLab
White text8.36:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes
Black text2.51:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails

About fuchsia-800

In OKLCH, fuchsia-800 has a lightness of 45.2%, a chroma of 0.211 and a hue of 324.6 degrees, which makes it a vivid dark purple. The step up to fuchsia-700 is 6.6 points of lightness, and the step down to fuchsia-900 5.1 points.

HSL puts its lightness at 29% and OKLCH at 45.2%, 16 points apart: HSL's lightness does not follow what the eye sees, OKLCH's is built to. The value lies inside sRGB, the gamut of a hex code, so fuchsia-800 converts to #8a0194 without losing chroma.

For text, fuchsia-800 wants white: 8.36:1 clears even AAA's 7:1, and black at 2.51:1 fails AA. White text passes on every fuchsia shade from fuchsia-600 down, so fuchsia-800 is 2 shades past the line.

Its nearest CSS named color, darkmagenta (#8b008b), is 0.015 away in OKLab, too close to tell apart by eye.

Tints and shades

  1. #edd9ee
  2. #dbb4dd
  3. #c88fcb
  4. #b46ab9
  5. #9f42a7
  6. #8a0194
  7. #6b0173
  8. #4e0054
  9. #320036
  10. #18001b
  11. #040005

From light to dark: 5 toward white and 5 toward black, mixed in OKLCH a sixth of the way at a time with the hue kept. A step that would repeat its neighbor is left out.

A palette around it

  1. #8a0194
  2. #cdc0a5
  3. #211922
  4. #ffecff
  5. #9c7b07

Locked as the first of five swatches, fuchsia-800 gets #cdc0a5, #211922, #ffecff, #9c7b07 from Recolor's generator, a triadic palette, three hues a third of the wheel apart. The seed is its hex, so the palette stays the same. Open it in Recolor.

Using fuchsia-800

Pair it with text-white, 8.36:1; fuchsia-800 as text on a white page measures the same ratio. In CSS it is var(--color-fuchsia-800).

HTML
<a class="bg-fuchsia-800 text-white" href="/start">Get started</a>
<p class="text-fuchsia-800">Text in fuchsia-800</p>

Common questions

Does white text pass WCAG AA on Tailwind fuchsia-800?

Yes. White text measures 8.36:1 on fuchsia-800, above the 4.5:1 that WCAG AA asks of body text, and above AAA's 7:1 too.

Is Tailwind fuchsia-800 defined in OKLCH?

Yes. Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 defines it as --color-fuchsia-800: oklch(45.2% 0.211 324.591); #8a0194 is its conversion to sRGB.

Is there a CSS named color for Tailwind fuchsia-800?

Yes, nearly: darkmagenta (#8b008b) is 0.015 away in OKLab, too close to tell apart by eye.

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