#CD39FD

sRGB · 205 / 57 / 253

#CD39FD belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 57 green and 253 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 285.3° lands in the magenta region. Its 98.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 60.8% 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 (5.60:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 57, 253
HSL: 285.31°, 98.00%, 60.78%
HSV / HSB: 285.31°, 77.47%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 18.97%, 77.47%, 0.00%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 44.367, 22.999, 95.034
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 55.071, 81.523, -68.584
WCAG relative luminance: 0.22997
24-bit decimal: 13449725

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 #CD39FD 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 · 5.60:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.75:1

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. 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

#69FD39 sits half a turn (180°) from #CD39FD 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.

#CD39FD #69FD39

Analogous

#6B39FD and #FD39CB sit 30° to either side of #CD39FD. 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.

#6B39FD #CD39FD #FD39CB

Triadic

#CD39FD, #FDCD39 and #39FDCD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CD39FD #FDCD39 #39FDCD

Split complementary

Start at #CD39FD and look across the wheel. #CBFD39 and #39FD6B sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CD39FD #CBFD39 #39FD6B

Square

Starting with #CD39FD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FD6B39, #69FD39, then #39CBFD. Across the square, #CD39FD pairs with #69FD39, and #FD6B39 with #39CBFD.

#CD39FD #FD6B39 #69FD39 #39CBFD

Tetradic

#CD39FD and #69FD39 are opposites, as are #FD3969 and #39FDCD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CD39FD #FD3969 #69FD39 #39FDCD

Tints

Mixing #CD39FD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D761FD, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5D7FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#CD39FD #D761FD #E188FE #EBB0FE #F5D7FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CD39FD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A42ECA, keeps 80% of the original. By #290B33, the mixture is 80% black.

#CD39FD #A42ECA #7B2298 #521765 #290B33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CD39FD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE47E4, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F7299, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CD39FD #BE47E4 #AE55CB #9F64B2 #8F7299 #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

#CD39FD

RGB

rgb(205 57 253)

HSL

hsl(285.306 98.000% 60.784%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CD39FD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CD39FD uses 205 red, 57 green and 253 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 22.4%

Blue 99.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CD39FD is 19.0% cyan, 77.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 19.0%

Magenta 77.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC33FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C3F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CD39FD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC33FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #CC33FF Nearest web-safe · #CC33FF

Gradient to complement

#CD39FD #BC5ADC #AC7ABC #9B9B9B #8ABC7A #7ADC5A #69FD39

Color vision previews

Compare how #CD39FD 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.

#007BFF

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.

#3588F9

Tritanopia

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

#CA679B

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.

#736CFF

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.

#7D75FB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C851E0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#848484

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.

#AD67CC

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 0.04092 B 0.98225

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 0.74150 G 0.27130 B 0.95830

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.50937 G 0.05982 B 0.90775

CIE xyY

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

x 0.273 y 0.142 Y 22.999

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 77.647 Y % 0.784

Binary RGB

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

11001101 00111001 11111101