#CC05AB

sRGB · 204 / 5 / 171

#CC05AB belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 5 green and 171 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 309.9° lands in the magenta region. Its 95.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 41.0% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.03:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 5, 171
HSL: 309.95°, 95.22%, 40.98%
HSV / HSB: 309.95°, 97.55%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 97.55%, 16.18%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 32.305, 15.888, 39.895
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 46.827, 78.132, -34.781
WCAG relative luminance: 0.15886
24-bit decimal: 13370795

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 #CC05AB 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 · 4.18:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 5.03:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

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. 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

#05CC26 sits half a turn (180°) from #CC05AB 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.

#CC05AB #05CC26

Analogous

#8905CC and #CC0548 sit 30° to either side of #CC05AB. 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.

#8905CC #CC05AB #CC0548

Triadic

#CC05AB, #ABCC05 and #05ABCC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CC05AB #ABCC05 #05ABCC

Split complementary

Start at #CC05AB and look across the wheel. #47CC05 and #05CC8A sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CC05AB #47CC05 #05CC8A

Square

Starting with #CC05AB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CC8A05, #05CC26, then #0547CC. Across the square, #CC05AB pairs with #05CC26, and #CC8A05 with #0547CC.

#CC05AB #CC8A05 #05CC26 #0547CC

Tetradic

#CC05AB and #05CC26 are opposites, as are #CC2605 and #05ABCC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CC05AB #CC2605 #05CC26 #05ABCC

Tints

Mixing #CC05AB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D637BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5CDEE, the mixture is 80% white.

#CC05AB #D637BC #E069CD #EB9BDD #F5CDEE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CC05AB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A30489, keeps 80% of the original. By #290122, the mixture is 80% black.

#CC05AB #A30489 #7A0367 #520244 #290122 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CC05AB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD1EA2, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F6789, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CC05AB #BD1EA2 #AE369A #9E4F91 #8F6789 #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

#CC05AB

RGB

rgb(204 5 171)

HSL

hsl(309.950 95.215% 40.980%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CC05AB;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CC05AB uses 204 red, 5 green and 171 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 2.0%

Blue 67.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CC05AB is 0.0% cyan, 97.5% magenta, 16.2% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 97.5%

Yellow 16.2%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC00AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C0A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CC05AB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC0099, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #CC00AA Nearest web-safe · #CC0099

Gradient to complement

#CC05AB #AB2695 #8A477F #696969 #478A52 #26AB3C #05CC26

Color vision previews

Compare how #CC05AB 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.

#1A5EAF

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.

#6578A7

Tritanopia

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

#D82064

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.

#8251AC

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.

#8D63A8

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CB2397

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#6F6F6F

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.

#A65091

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 0.60383 G 0.00152 B 0.40724

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 0.73331 G 0.15807 B 0.65090

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.49689 G 0.02151 B 0.38123

CIE xyY

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

x 0.367 y 0.180 Y 15.888

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 98.039 Y % 32.941

Binary RGB

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

11001100 00000101 10101011