#CA99BC

sRGB: 202 / 153 / 188

Celestial flames flourish beyond boundaries
Shimmering rivers cascade across forgotten valleys
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#CA99BC belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 202 red, 153 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 317.1° lands in the rose region. Its 31.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 69.6% 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 (8.79:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 202, 153, 188
HSL: 317.14°, 31.61%, 69.61%
HSV / HSB: 317.14°, 24.26%, 79.22%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 24.26%, 6.93%, 20.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 44.823, 38.971, 52.740
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 68.730, 23.974, -10.971
WCAG relative luminance: 0.38970
24-bit decimal: 13277628

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 #CA99BC 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: 8.79:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.39:1

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

#99CAA7 sits half a turn (180°) from #CA99BC 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.

#CA99BC #99CAA7

Analogous

#C099CA and #CA99A3 sit 30° to either side of #CA99BC. 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.

#C099CA #CA99BC #CA99A3

Triadic

#CA99BC, #BCCA99 and #99BCCA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CA99BC #BCCA99 #99BCCA

Split complementary

Start at #CA99BC and look across the wheel. #A4CA99 and #99CABF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CA99BC #A4CA99 #99CABF

Square

Starting with #CA99BC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CABF99, #99CAA7, then #99A4CA. Across the square, #CA99BC pairs with #99CAA7, and #CABF99 with #99A4CA.

#CA99BC #CABF99 #99CAA7 #99A4CA

Tetradic

#CA99BC and #99CAA7 are opposites, as are #CAA799 and #99BCCA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CA99BC #CAA799 #99CAA7 #99BCCA

Tints

Mixing #CA99BC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5ADC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4EBF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#CA99BC #D5ADC9 #DFC2D7 #EAD6E4 #F4EBF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CA99BC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A27A96, keeps 80% of the original. By #281F26, the mixture is 80% black.

#CA99BC #A27A96 #795C71 #513D4B #281F26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CA99BC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BB94B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F858C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CA99BC #BB94B0 #AC8FA4 #9E8A98 #8F858C #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

#CA99BC

RGB

rgb(202 153 188)

HSL

hsl(317.143 31.613% 69.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CA99BC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CA99BC uses 202 red, 153 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.2%

Green 60.0%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CA99BC is 0.0% cyan, 24.3% magenta, 6.9% yellow and 20.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 24.3%

Yellow 6.9%

Black 20.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC99BB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C9B in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CA99BC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC99BB Nearest web-safe: #CC99CC

Gradient to complement

#CA99BC #C2A1B9 #BAA9B5 #B2B2B2 #A9BAAE #A1C2AB #99CAA7

Color vision previews

Compare how #CA99BC 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.

#9AA3BD

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.

#A5AABA

Tritanopia

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

#CF9AA5

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.

#ADA1BC

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.

#B1A5BB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C99BB4

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A8A8A8

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.

#BAA1B2

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 0.31855 B 0.50289

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 0.76257 G 0.60767 B 0.72942

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.54232 G 0.32758 B 0.49104

CIE xyY

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

x 0.328 y 0.285 Y 38.971

CMY

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

C % 20.784 M % 40.000 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

11001010 10011001 10111100