#CA94CC

sRGB: 202 / 148 / 204

Celestial flames flourish beyond boundaries
Shimmering rivers breathe beneath silver clouds
Boundless spirits awaken sleeping galaxies

#CA94CC belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 202 red, 148 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 297.9° lands in the magenta region. Its 35.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue 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 (8.62:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 202, 148, 204
HSL: 297.86°, 35.44%, 69.02%
HSV / HSB: 297.86°, 27.45%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.98%, 27.45%, 0.00%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 45.844, 38.097, 62.067
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 68.092, 29.655, -20.833
WCAG relative luminance: 0.38096
24-bit decimal: 13276364

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 #CA94CC 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: 8.62:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.44:1

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

#96CC94 sits half a turn (180°) from #CA94CC 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.

#CA94CC #96CC94

Analogous

#AE94CC and #CC94B2 sit 30° to either side of #CA94CC. 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.

#AE94CC #CA94CC #CC94B2

Triadic

#CA94CC, #CCCA94 and #94CCCA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CA94CC #CCCA94 #94CCCA

Split complementary

Start at #CA94CC and look across the wheel. #B2CC94 and #94CCAE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CA94CC #B2CC94 #94CCAE

Square

Starting with #CA94CC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCAE94, #96CC94, then #94B2CC. Across the square, #CA94CC pairs with #96CC94, and #CCAE94 with #94B2CC.

#CA94CC #CCAE94 #96CC94 #94B2CC

Tetradic

#CA94CC and #96CC94 are opposites, as are #CC9496 and #94CCCA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CA94CC #CC9496 #96CC94 #94CCCA

Tints

Mixing #CA94CC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5A9D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4EAF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#CA94CC #D5A9D6 #DFBFE0 #EAD4EB #F4EAF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CA94CC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A276A3, keeps 80% of the original. By #281E29, the mixture is 80% black.

#CA94CC #A276A3 #79597A #513B52 #281E29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CA94CC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BB90BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F848F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CA94CC #BB90BD #AC8CAE #9E889E #8F848F #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

#CA94CC

RGB

rgb(202 148 204)

HSL

hsl(297.857 35.443% 69.020%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CA94CC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CA94CC uses 202 red, 148 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.2%

Green 58.0%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CA94CC is 1.0% cyan, 27.5% 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 27.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC99CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C9C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CA94CC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#CA94CC #C19DC3 #B9A7B9 #B0B0B0 #A7B9A7 #9FC39D #96CC94

Color vision previews

Compare how #CA94CC 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.

#90A2CE

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.

#9CA8CA

Tritanopia

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

#CD99A8

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.

#A79ECD

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.

#ABA2CB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C997C0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A6A6A6

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.

#B99DBA

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 0.29614 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 0.76006 G 0.58905 B 0.78658

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.53834 G 0.30591 B 0.58133

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 0.261 Y 38.097

CMY

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

C % 20.784 M % 41.961 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

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

11001010 10010100 11001100