#CD218D

sRGB: 205 / 33 / 141

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Withered branches disappear beneath stillness
Golden visions shatter the chains of fate

#CD218D belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 33 green and 141 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 322.3° lands in the rose region. Its 72.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 46.7% 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 (5.00:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 33, 141
HSL: 322.33°, 72.27%, 46.67%
HSV / HSB: 322.33°, 83.90%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 83.90%, 31.22%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 30.527, 15.992, 26.679
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 46.964, 71.020, -16.584
WCAG relative luminance: 0.15990
24-bit decimal: 13443469

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 #CD218D 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: 4.20:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 5.00:1

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.

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

#21CD61 sits half a turn (180°) from #CD218D 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.

#CD218D #21CD61

Analogous

#B721CD and #CD2137 sit 30° to either side of #CD218D. 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.

#B721CD #CD218D #CD2137

Triadic

#CD218D, #8DCD21 and #218DCD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CD218D #8DCD21 #218DCD

Split complementary

Start at #CD218D and look across the wheel. #37CD21 and #21CDB7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CD218D #37CD21 #21CDB7

Square

Starting with #CD218D, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CDB721, #21CD61, then #2137CD. Across the square, #CD218D pairs with #21CD61, and #CDB721 with #2137CD.

#CD218D #CDB721 #21CD61 #2137CD

Tetradic

#CD218D and #21CD61 are opposites, as are #CD6121 and #218DCD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CD218D #CD6121 #21CD61 #218DCD

Tints

Mixing #CD218D with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D74DA4, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5D3E8, the mixture is 80% white.

#CD218D #D74DA4 #E17ABB #EBA6D1 #F5D3E8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CD218D with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A41A71, keeps 80% of the original. By #29071C, the mixture is 80% black.

#CD218D #A41A71 #7B1455 #520D38 #29071C #000000

Tones

Mixing #CD218D with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE348A, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F6D83, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CD218D #BE348A #AE4788 #9F5A85 #8F6D83 #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

#CD218D

RGB

rgb(205 33 141)

HSL

hsl(322.326 72.269% 46.667%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CD218D;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CD218D uses 205 red, 33 green and 141 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 12.9%

Blue 55.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CD218D is 0.0% cyan, 83.9% magenta, 31.2% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 83.9%

Yellow 31.2%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC2288. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C28 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CD218D when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC3399, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC2288 Nearest web-safe: #CC3399

Gradient to complement

#CD218D #B03E86 #945A7E #777777 #5A9470 #3EB068 #21CD61

Color vision previews

Compare how #CD218D 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.

#425D90

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.

#757A89

Tritanopia

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

#DC1157

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.

#8A538D

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.

#95668A

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CD2A7D

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.

#A7537F

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 0.61050 G 0.01521 B 0.26636

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 0.73852 G 0.20589 B 0.54108

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.50481 G 0.03497 B 0.25405

CIE xyY

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

x 0.417 y 0.218 Y 15.992

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 87.059 Y % 44.706

Binary RGB

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

11001101 00100001 10001101