#C751CF

sRGB: 199 / 81 / 207

Celestial flames awaken with sunrise
Gentle breezes disappear beneath stillness
Boundless spirits echo beyond eternity

#C751CF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 199 red, 81 green and 207 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 296.2° lands in the magenta region. Its 56.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 56.5% 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 (5.51:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 199, 81, 207
HSL: 296.19°, 56.76%, 56.47%
HSV / HSB: 296.19°, 60.87%, 81.18%
CMYK (approx.): 3.86%, 60.87%, 0.00%, 18.82%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 37.756, 22.533, 61.394
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 54.588, 63.294, -43.513
WCAG relative luminance: 0.22532
24-bit decimal: 13062607

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 #C751CF 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: 5.51:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.81:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

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

#59CF51 sits half a turn (180°) from #C751CF 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.

#C751CF #59CF51

Analogous

#8851CF and #CF5198 sit 30° to either side of #C751CF. 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.

#8851CF #C751CF #CF5198

Triadic

#C751CF, #CFC751 and #51CFC7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C751CF #CFC751 #51CFC7

Split complementary

Start at #C751CF and look across the wheel. #98CF51 and #51CF88 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C751CF #98CF51 #51CF88

Square

Starting with #C751CF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CF8851, #59CF51, then #5198CF. Across the square, #C751CF pairs with #59CF51, and #CF8851 with #5198CF.

#C751CF #CF8851 #59CF51 #5198CF

Tetradic

#C751CF and #59CF51 are opposites, as are #CF5159 and #51CFC7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C751CF #CF5159 #59CF51 #51CFC7

Tints

Mixing #C751CF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D274D9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4DCF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#C751CF #D274D9 #DD97E2 #E9B9EC #F4DCF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C751CF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9F41A6, keeps 80% of the original. By #281029, the mixture is 80% black.

#C751CF #9F41A6 #77317C #502053 #281029 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C751CF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B95ABF, keeps 80% of the original. By #8E7790, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C751CF #B95ABF #AB64AF #9C6DA0 #8E7790 #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

#C751CF

RGB

rgb(199 81 207)

HSL

hsl(296.190 56.757% 56.471%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C751CF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C751CF uses 199 red, 81 green and 207 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 78.0%

Green 31.8%

Blue 81.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C751CF is 3.9% cyan, 60.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 18.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 3.9%

Magenta 60.9%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 18.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC55CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C5C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C751CF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC66CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC55CC Nearest web-safe: #CC66CC

Gradient to complement

#C751CF #B566BA #A27BA5 #909090 #7EA57B #6BBA66 #59CF51

Color vision previews

Compare how #C751CF 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.

#3C79D3

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.

#6888CC

Tritanopia

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

#CB6389

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.

#8470D0

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.

#8D79CD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C55BBA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#838383

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.

#A96DAE

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 0.57112 G 0.08228 B 0.62396

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 0.72494 G 0.34667 B 0.78809

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.48434 G 0.09851 B 0.58384

CIE xyY

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

x 0.310 y 0.185 Y 22.533

CMY

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

C % 21.961 M % 68.235 Y % 18.824

Binary RGB

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

11000111 01010001 11001111