#CA4ECC

sRGB: 202 / 78 / 204

Celestial flames flourish beyond boundaries
Sleeping valleys transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits awaken sleeping galaxies

#CA4ECC belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 202 red, 78 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 299.0° lands in the magenta region. Its 55.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 55.3% 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 (5.47:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 202, 78, 204
HSL: 299.05°, 55.26%, 55.29%
HSV / HSB: 299.05°, 61.76%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.98%, 61.76%, 0.00%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 37.979, 22.367, 59.446
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 54.414, 64.768, -42.047
WCAG relative luminance: 0.22365
24-bit decimal: 13258444

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 #CA4ECC 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: 5.47:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.84:1

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

#50CC4E sits half a turn (180°) from #CA4ECC 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.

#CA4ECC #50CC4E

Analogous

#8B4ECC and #CC4E8F sit 30° to either side of #CA4ECC. 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.

#8B4ECC #CA4ECC #CC4E8F

Triadic

#CA4ECC, #CCCA4E and #4ECCCA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CA4ECC #CCCA4E #4ECCCA

Split complementary

Start at #CA4ECC and look across the wheel. #8FCC4E and #4ECC8B sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CA4ECC #8FCC4E #4ECC8B

Square

Starting with #CA4ECC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CC8B4E, #50CC4E, then #4E8FCC. Across the square, #CA4ECC pairs with #50CC4E, and #CC8B4E with #4E8FCC.

#CA4ECC #CC8B4E #50CC4E #4E8FCC

Tetradic

#CA4ECC and #50CC4E are opposites, as are #CC4E50 and #4ECCCA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CA4ECC #CC4E50 #50CC4E #4ECCCA

Tints

Mixing #CA4ECC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D571D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4DCF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#CA4ECC #D571D6 #DF95E0 #EAB8EB #F4DCF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CA4ECC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A23EA3, keeps 80% of the original. By #281029, the mixture is 80% black.

#CA4ECC #A23EA3 #792F7A #511F52 #281029 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CA4ECC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BB58BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F768F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CA4ECC #BB58BD #AC62AE #9E6C9E #8F768F #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

#CA4ECC

RGB

rgb(202 78 204)

HSL

hsl(299.048 55.263% 55.294%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CA4ECC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CA4ECC uses 202 red, 78 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.2%

Green 30.6%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CA4ECC is 1.0% cyan, 61.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.0%

Magenta 61.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.0%

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 #CA4ECC 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

#CA4ECC #B663B7 #A178A2 #8D8D8D #79A278 #64B763 #50CC4E

Color vision previews

Compare how #CA4ECC 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.

#3D78D0

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.

#6A88C9

Tritanopia

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

#D05F86

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.

#866ECD

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.

#8F78CA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C858B7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#828282

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.

#AB6CAC

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 0.07619 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 0.73489 G 0.33761 B 0.77689

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.49929 G 0.09326 B 0.56540

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 0.187 Y 22.367

CMY

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

C % 20.784 M % 69.412 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

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

11001010 01001110 11001100