#C19FBE

sRGB: 193 / 159 / 190

Celestial flames dissolve into silence
Shimmering rivers transform the fabric of existence
Eternal flames transcend the limits of dreams

#C19FBE belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 193 red, 159 green and 190 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 305.3° lands in the magenta region. Its 21.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 69.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.97:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 193, 159, 190
HSL: 305.29°, 21.52%, 69.02%
HSV / HSB: 305.29°, 17.62%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 17.62%, 1.55%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 43.683, 39.852, 54.108
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 69.364, 17.911, -11.225
WCAG relative luminance: 0.39851
24-bit decimal: 12689342

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 #C19FBE 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: 8.97:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.34:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

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.

Reference: 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

#9FC1A2 sits half a turn (180°) from #C19FBE 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.

#C19FBE #9FC1A2

Analogous

#B39FC1 and #C19FAD sit 30° to either side of #C19FBE. 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.

#B39FC1 #C19FBE #C19FAD

Triadic

#C19FBE, #BEC19F and #9FBEC1 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C19FBE #BEC19F #9FBEC1

Split complementary

Start at #C19FBE and look across the wheel. #ADC19F and #9FC1B3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C19FBE #ADC19F #9FC1B3

Square

Starting with #C19FBE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C1B39F, #9FC1A2, then #9FADC1. Across the square, #C19FBE pairs with #9FC1A2, and #C1B39F with #9FADC1.

#C19FBE #C1B39F #9FC1A2 #9FADC1

Tetradic

#C19FBE and #9FC1A2 are opposites, as are #C1A29F and #9FBEC1. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C19FBE #C1A29F #9FC1A2 #9FBEC1

Tints

Mixing #C19FBE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDB2CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3ECF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#C19FBE #CDB2CB #DAC5D8 #E6D9E5 #F3ECF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C19FBE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9A7F98, keeps 80% of the original. By #272026, the mixture is 80% black.

#C19FBE #9A7F98 #745F72 #4D404C #272026 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C19FBE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B499B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D868C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C19FBE #B499B2 #A793A5 #9A8C99 #8D868C #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

#C19FBE

RGB

rgb(193 159 190)

HSL

hsl(305.294 21.519% 69.020%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C19FBE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C19FBE uses 193 red, 159 green and 190 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 75.7%

Green 62.4%

Blue 74.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C19FBE is 0.0% cyan, 17.6% magenta, 1.6% yellow and 24.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 17.6%

Yellow 1.6%

Black 24.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB99BB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B9B in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C19FBE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BB99BB Nearest web-safe: #CC99CC

Gradient to complement

#C19FBE #BBA5B9 #B6AAB5 #B0B0B0 #AAB6AB #A5BBA7 #9FC1A2

Color vision previews

Compare how #C19FBE 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.

#9EA7BF

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.

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia

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

#C4A1A9

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.

#ABA5BE

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.

#AEA7BD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C0A0B7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A9A9A9

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.

#B6A4B4

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.53328 G 0.34670 B 0.51492

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 0.73546 G 0.62855 B 0.73736

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.50015 G 0.35290 B 0.50305

CIE xyY

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

x 0.317 y 0.290 Y 39.852

CMY

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

C % 24.314 M % 37.647 Y % 25.490

Binary RGB

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

11000001 10011111 10111110