#CC71AB

sRGB: 204 / 113 / 171

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Hidden pathways disappear beneath stillness
Brilliant stars defy the passing ages

#CC71AB belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 113 green and 171 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 321.8° lands in the rose region. Its 47.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 62.2% 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 (6.52:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 113, 171
HSL: 321.76°, 47.15%, 62.16%
HSV / HSB: 321.76°, 44.61%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 44.61%, 16.18%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 38.156, 27.589, 41.845
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 59.516, 43.348, -15.199
WCAG relative luminance: 0.27588
24-bit decimal: 13398443

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 #CC71AB 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: 6.52:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.22:1

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

#71CC92 sits half a turn (180°) from #CC71AB 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.

#CC71AB #71CC92

Analogous

#BF71CC and #CC717E sit 30° to either side of #CC71AB. 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.

#BF71CC #CC71AB #CC717E

Triadic

#CC71AB, #ABCC71 and #71ABCC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CC71AB #ABCC71 #71ABCC

Split complementary

Start at #CC71AB and look across the wheel. #7ECC71 and #71CCC0 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CC71AB #7ECC71 #71CCC0

Square

Starting with #CC71AB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCC071, #71CC92, then #717ECC. Across the square, #CC71AB pairs with #71CC92, and #CCC071 with #717ECC.

#CC71AB #CCC071 #71CC92 #717ECC

Tetradic

#CC71AB and #71CC92 are opposites, as are #CC9271 and #71ABCC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CC71AB #CC9271 #71CC92 #71ABCC

Tints

Mixing #CC71AB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D68DBC, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5E3EE, the mixture is 80% white.

#CC71AB #D68DBC #E0AACD #EBC6DD #F5E3EE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CC71AB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A35A89, keeps 80% of the original. By #291722, the mixture is 80% black.

#CC71AB #A35A89 #7A4467 #522D44 #291722 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CC71AB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD74A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F7D89, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CC71AB #BD74A2 #AE779A #9E7A91 #8F7D89 #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

#CC71AB

RGB

rgb(204 113 171)

HSL

hsl(321.758 47.150% 62.157%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CC71AB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CC71AB uses 204 red, 113 green and 171 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 44.3%

Blue 67.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CC71AB is 0.0% cyan, 44.6% 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 44.6%

Yellow 16.2%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC77AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C7A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CC71AB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6699, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC77AA Nearest web-safe: #CC6699

Gradient to complement

#CC71AB #BD80A7 #AE8FA3 #9F9F9F #8FAE9A #80BD96 #71CC92

Color vision previews

Compare how #CC71AB 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.

#7686AD

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.

#8E95A9

Tritanopia

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

#D67187

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.

#9C81AB

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.

#A38AA9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CC749F

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#8F8F8F

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.

#B1819E

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 0.16513 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 0.75219 G 0.46099 B 0.65996

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.52594 G 0.17969 B 0.39307

CIE xyY

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

x 0.355 y 0.256 Y 27.589

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 55.686 Y % 32.941

Binary RGB

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

11001100 01110001 10101011