#C021CD

sRGB · 192 / 33 / 205

#C021CD belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 192 red, 33 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 295.5° lands in the magenta region. Its 72.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 46.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (4.84:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 192, 33, 205
HSL: 295.47°, 72.27%, 46.67%
HSV / HSB: 295.47°, 83.90%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 6.34%, 83.90%, 0.00%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 33.300, 16.703, 59.230
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 47.884, 77.121, -53.107
WCAG relative luminance: 0.16702
24-bit decimal: 12591565

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C021CD in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 4.34:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 4.84:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#2ECD21 sits half a turn (180°) from #C021CD on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C021CD #2ECD21

Analogous

#6A21CD and #CD2184 sit 30° to either side of #C021CD. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#6A21CD #C021CD #CD2184

Triadic

#C021CD, #CDC021 and #21CDC0 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C021CD #CDC021 #21CDC0

Split complementary

Start at #C021CD and look across the wheel. #84CD21 and #21CD6A sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C021CD #84CD21 #21CD6A

Square

Starting with #C021CD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CD6A21, #2ECD21, then #2184CD. Across the square, #C021CD pairs with #2ECD21, and #CD6A21 with #2184CD.

#C021CD #CD6A21 #2ECD21 #2184CD

Tetradic

#C021CD and #2ECD21 are opposites, as are #CD212E and #21CDC0. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C021CD #CD212E #2ECD21 #21CDC0

Tints

Mixing #C021CD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CD4DD7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2D3F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#C021CD #CD4DD7 #D97AE1 #E6A6EB #F2D3F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C021CD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A1AA4, keeps 80% of the original. By #260729, the mixture is 80% black.

#C021CD #9A1AA4 #73147B #4D0D52 #260729 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C021CD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B334BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D6D8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C021CD #B334BE #A647AE #9A5A9F #8D6D8F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C021CD

RGB

rgb(192 33 205)

HSL

hsl(295.465 72.269% 46.667%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C021CD;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C021CD uses 192 red, 33 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.3%

Green 12.9%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C021CD is 6.3% cyan, 83.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 6.3%

Magenta 83.9%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB22CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B2C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C021CD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC33CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #BB22CC Nearest web-safe · #CC33CC

Gradient to complement

#C021CD #A83EB0 #8F5A94 #777777 #5F945A #46B03E #2ECD21

Color vision previews

Compare how #C021CD appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#0066D1

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#4978C9

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C4477B

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7259CF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7C65CB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BD39B5

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#727272

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#9F55A7

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.52712 G 0.01521 B 0.61050

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.69168 G 0.19708 B 0.77724

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.43623 G 0.03220 B 0.56597

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.305 y 0.153 Y 16.703

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 24.706 M % 87.059 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11000000 00100001 11001101