#CD2292

sRGB: 205 / 34 / 146

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Withered branches tremble in empty gardens
Rising tides disappear into mist

#CD2292 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 34 green and 146 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 320.7° lands in the rose region. Its 71.5% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 46.9% 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 (4.95:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 34, 146
HSL: 320.70°, 71.55%, 46.86%
HSV / HSB: 320.70°, 83.41%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 83.41%, 28.78%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 30.936, 16.201, 28.693
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 47.237, 71.367, -19.186
WCAG relative luminance: 0.16199
24-bit decimal: 13443730

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 #CD2292 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: 4.24:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 4.95:1

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

#22CD5D sits half a turn (180°) from #CD2292 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.

#CD2292 #22CD5D

Analogous

#B322CD and #CD223D sit 30° to either side of #CD2292. 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.

#B322CD #CD2292 #CD223D

Triadic

#CD2292, #92CD22 and #2292CD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CD2292 #92CD22 #2292CD

Split complementary

Start at #CD2292 and look across the wheel. #3CCD22 and #22CDB3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CD2292 #3CCD22 #22CDB3

Square

Starting with #CD2292, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CDB322, #22CD5D, then #223CCD. Across the square, #CD2292 pairs with #22CD5D, and #CDB322 with #223CCD.

#CD2292 #CDB322 #22CD5D #223CCD

Tetradic

#CD2292 and #22CD5D are opposites, as are #CD5D22 and #2292CD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CD2292 #CD5D22 #22CD5D #2292CD

Tints

Mixing #CD2292 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D74EA8, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5D3E9, the mixture is 80% white.

#CD2292 #D74EA8 #E17ABE #EBA7D3 #F5D3E9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CD2292 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A41B75, keeps 80% of the original. By #29071D, the mixture is 80% black.

#CD2292 #A41B75 #7B1458 #520E3A #29071D #000000

Tones

Mixing #CD2292 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE358E, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F6D84, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CD2292 #BE358E #AE488B #9F5A87 #8F6D84 #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

#CD2292

RGB

rgb(205 34 146)

HSL

hsl(320.702 71.548% 46.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CD2292;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CD2292 uses 205 red, 34 green and 146 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 13.3%

Blue 57.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CD2292 is 0.0% cyan, 83.4% magenta, 28.8% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 83.4%

Yellow 28.8%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC2299. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C29 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CD2292 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC3399, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC2299 Nearest web-safe: #CC3399

Gradient to complement

#CD2292 #B13F89 #945B80 #787878 #5B946F #3FB166 #22CD5D

Color vision previews

Compare how #CD2292 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.

#405E95

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.

#737A8E

Tritanopia

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

#DC195A

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.

#895492

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.

#95668F

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CD2C82

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#707070

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.

#A75482

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 0.01600 B 0.28744

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 0.73861 G 0.20824 B 0.55950

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.50495 G 0.03573 B 0.27331

CIE xyY

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

x 0.408 y 0.214 Y 16.201

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 86.667 Y % 42.745

Binary RGB

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

11001101 00100010 10010010