#CA2ACC

sRGB: 202 / 42 / 204

Celestial flames flourish beyond boundaries
Withered branches awaken beneath celestial skies
Boundless spirits awaken sleeping galaxies

#CA2ACC belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 202 red, 42 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 299.3° lands in the magenta region. Its 65.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 48.2% 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 (4.71:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 202, 42, 204
HSL: 299.26°, 65.85%, 48.24%
HSV / HSB: 299.26°, 79.41%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.98%, 79.41%, 0.00%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 36.082, 18.574, 58.813
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 50.185, 76.761, -48.757
WCAG relative luminance: 0.18572
24-bit decimal: 13249228

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 #CA2ACC 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: 4.71:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 4.45:1

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

#2CCC2A sits half a turn (180°) from #CA2ACC 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.

#CA2ACC #2CCC2A

Analogous

#792ACC and #CC2A7D sit 30° to either side of #CA2ACC. 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.

#792ACC #CA2ACC #CC2A7D

Triadic

#CA2ACC, #CCCA2A and #2ACCCA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CA2ACC #CCCA2A #2ACCCA

Split complementary

Start at #CA2ACC and look across the wheel. #7DCC2A and #2ACC79 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CA2ACC #7DCC2A #2ACC79

Square

Starting with #CA2ACC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CC792A, #2CCC2A, then #2A7DCC. Across the square, #CA2ACC pairs with #2CCC2A, and #CC792A with #2A7DCC.

#CA2ACC #CC792A #2CCC2A #2A7DCC

Tetradic

#CA2ACC and #2CCC2A are opposites, as are #CC2A2C and #2ACCCA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CA2ACC #CC2A2C #2CCC2A #2ACCCA

Tints

Mixing #CA2ACC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D555D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4D4F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#CA2ACC #D555D6 #DF7FE0 #EAAAEB #F4D4F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CA2ACC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A222A3, keeps 80% of the original. By #280829, the mixture is 80% black.

#CA2ACC #A222A3 #79197A #511152 #280829 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CA2ACC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BB3BBD, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F6F8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CA2ACC #BB3BBD #AC4CAE #9E5E9E #8F6F8F #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

#CA2ACC

RGB

rgb(202 42 204)

HSL

hsl(299.259 65.854% 48.235%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CA2ACC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CA2ACC uses 202 red, 42 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.2%

Green 16.5%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CA2ACC is 1.0% cyan, 79.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.0%

Magenta 79.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC22CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C2C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CA2ACC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC33CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC22CC Nearest web-safe: #CC33CC

Gradient to complement

#CA2ACC #B045B1 #956096 #7B7B7B #619660 #46B145 #2CCC2A

Color vision previews

Compare how #CA2ACC 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.

#006BD0

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.

#597EC8

Tritanopia

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

#D0487C

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.

#7C5ECD

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.

#876BCA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C83DB5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#777777

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.

#A75BA9

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 0.59062 G 0.02315 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 0.72865 G 0.22655 B 0.77454

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.48987 G 0.04199 B 0.56156

CIE xyY

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

x 0.318 y 0.164 Y 18.574

CMY

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

C % 20.784 M % 83.529 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

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

11001010 00101010 11001100