#C985CC

sRGB: 201 / 133 / 204

Celestial flames surge toward distant shores
Morning melodies wander across quiet meadows
Boundless spirits awaken sleeping galaxies

#C985CC belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 201 red, 133 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 297.5° lands in the magenta region. Its 41.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 66.1% 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 (7.71:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 201, 133, 204
HSL: 297.46°, 41.04%, 66.08%
HSV / HSB: 297.46°, 34.80%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 1.47%, 34.80%, 0.00%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 43.372, 33.553, 61.321
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 64.606, 37.501, -26.175
WCAG relative luminance: 0.33552
24-bit decimal: 13206988

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 #C985CC 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: 7.71:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.72:1

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

#88CC85 sits half a turn (180°) from #C985CC 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.

#C985CC #88CC85

Analogous

#A585CC and #CC85AC sit 30° to either side of #C985CC. 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.

#A585CC #C985CC #CC85AC

Triadic

#C985CC, #CCC985 and #85CCC9 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C985CC #CCC985 #85CCC9

Split complementary

Start at #C985CC and look across the wheel. #ACCC85 and #85CCA6 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C985CC #ACCC85 #85CCA6

Square

Starting with #C985CC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCA685, #88CC85, then #85ACCC. Across the square, #C985CC pairs with #88CC85, and #CCA685 with #85ACCC.

#C985CC #CCA685 #88CC85 #85ACCC

Tetradic

#C985CC and #88CC85 are opposites, as are #CC8588 and #85CCC9. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C985CC #CC8588 #88CC85 #85CCC9

Tints

Mixing #C985CC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D49DD6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4E7F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#C985CC #D49DD6 #DFB6E0 #E9CEEB #F4E7F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C985CC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A16AA3, keeps 80% of the original. By #281B29, the mixture is 80% black.

#C985CC #A16AA3 #79507A #503552 #281B29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C985CC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BA84BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F818F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C985CC #BA84BD #AC83AE #9D829E #8F818F #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

#C985CC

RGB

rgb(201 133 204)

HSL

hsl(297.465 41.040% 66.078%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C985CC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C985CC uses 201 red, 133 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 78.8%

Green 52.2%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C985CC is 1.5% cyan, 34.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.5%

Magenta 34.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC88CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C8C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C985CC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC88CC Nearest web-safe: #CC99CC

Gradient to complement

#C985CC #BE91C0 #B39DB4 #A9A9A9 #9EB49D #93C091 #88CC85

Color vision previews

Compare how #C985CC 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.

#7F97CF

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.

#90A0CA

Tritanopia

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

#CD8C9F

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.

#9E92CD

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.

#A397CB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C789BD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#9D9D9D

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.

#B591B6

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 0.58408 G 0.23455 B 0.60383

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 0.74968 G 0.53329 B 0.78381

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.52202 G 0.24615 B 0.57676

CIE xyY

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

x 0.314 y 0.243 Y 33.553

CMY

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

C % 21.176 M % 47.843 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

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

11001001 10000101 11001100