#CC528F

sRGB: 204 / 82 / 143

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Gentle breezes tremble in empty gardens
Golden visions echo beyond eternity

#CC528F belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 82 green and 143 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 330.0° lands in the rose region. Its 54.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 56.1% 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 (5.17:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 82, 143
HSL: 330.00°, 54.46%, 56.08%
HSV / HSB: 330.00°, 59.80%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 59.80%, 29.90%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 32.876, 20.857, 28.282
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 52.793, 54.462, -8.992
WCAG relative luminance: 0.20855
24-bit decimal: 13390479

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 #CC528F 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: 5.17:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 4.06:1

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

#52CC8F sits half a turn (180°) from #CC528F 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.

#CC528F #52CC8F

Analogous

#CC52CC and #CC5252 sit 30° to either side of #CC528F. 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.

#CC52CC #CC528F #CC5252

Triadic

#CC528F, #8FCC52 and #528FCC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CC528F #8FCC52 #528FCC

Split complementary

Start at #CC528F and look across the wheel. #52CC52 and #52CCCC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CC528F #52CC52 #52CCCC

Square

Starting with #CC528F, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCCC52, #52CC8F, then #5252CC. Across the square, #CC528F pairs with #52CC8F, and #CCCC52 with #5252CC.

#CC528F #CCCC52 #52CC8F #5252CC

Tetradic

#CC528F and #52CC8F are opposites, as are #CC8F52 and #528FCC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CC528F #CC8F52 #52CC8F #528FCC

Tints

Mixing #CC528F with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D675A5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5DCE9, the mixture is 80% white.

#CC528F #D675A5 #E097BC #EBBAD2 #F5DCE9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CC528F with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A34272, keeps 80% of the original. By #29101D, the mixture is 80% black.

#CC528F #A34272 #7A3156 #522139 #29101D #000000

Tones

Mixing #CC528F with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD5B8C, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F7783, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CC528F #BD5B8C #AE6489 #9E6E86 #8F7783 #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

#CC528F

RGB

rgb(204 82 143)

HSL

hsl(330.000 54.464% 56.078%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CC528F;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CC528F uses 204 red, 82 green and 143 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 32.2%

Blue 56.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CC528F is 0.0% cyan, 59.8% magenta, 29.9% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 59.8%

Yellow 29.9%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC5588. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C58 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CC528F when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6699, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC5588 Nearest web-safe: #CC6699

Gradient to complement

#CC528F #B8668F #A37B8F #8F8F8F #7BA38F #66B88F #52CC8F

Color vision previews

Compare how #CC528F 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.

#637091

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.

#84868C

Tritanopia

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

#DA4C6A

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.

#946A8F

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.

#9D778D

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CC5584

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#7E7E7E

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.

#AB6B87

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 0.60383 G 0.08438 B 0.27468

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 0.74295 G 0.35190 B 0.55310

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.51161 G 0.10162 B 0.26652

CIE xyY

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

x 0.401 y 0.254 Y 20.857

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 67.843 Y % 43.922

Binary RGB

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

11001100 01010010 10001111