#CD9FAB

sRGB: 205 / 159 / 171

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Shimmering rivers transform the fabric of existence
Brilliant stars defy the passing ages

#CD9FAB belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 159 green and 171 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 344.3° lands in the rose region. Its 31.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 71.4% 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 (9.14:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 159, 171
HSL: 344.35°, 31.51%, 71.37%
HSV / HSB: 344.35°, 22.44%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 22.44%, 16.59%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 44.924, 40.717, 44.022
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 69.977, 18.889, 0.358
WCAG relative luminance: 0.40716
24-bit decimal: 13475755

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 #CD9FAB 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: 9.14:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.30:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

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

#9FCDC1 sits half a turn (180°) from #CD9FAB 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.

#CD9FAB #9FCDC1

Analogous

#CD9FC2 and #CDAA9F sit 30° to either side of #CD9FAB. 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.

#CD9FC2 #CD9FAB #CDAA9F

Triadic

#CD9FAB, #ABCD9F and #9FABCD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CD9FAB #ABCD9F #9FABCD

Split complementary

Start at #CD9FAB and look across the wheel. #9FCDAA and #9FC2CD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CD9FAB #9FCDAA #9FC2CD

Square

Starting with #CD9FAB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C2CD9F, #9FCDC1, then #AA9FCD. Across the square, #CD9FAB pairs with #9FCDC1, and #C2CD9F with #AA9FCD.

#CD9FAB #C2CD9F #9FCDC1 #AA9FCD

Tetradic

#CD9FAB and #9FCDC1 are opposites, as are #CDC19F and #9FABCD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CD9FAB #CDC19F #9FCDC1 #9FABCD

Tints

Mixing #CD9FAB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7B2BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5ECEE, the mixture is 80% white.

#CD9FAB #D7B2BC #E1C5CD #EBD9DD #F5ECEE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CD9FAB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A47F89, keeps 80% of the original. By #292022, the mixture is 80% black.

#CD9FAB #A47F89 #7B5F67 #524044 #292022 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CD9FAB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE99A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8689, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CD9FAB #BE99A2 #AE939A #9F8C91 #8F8689 #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

#CD9FAB

RGB

rgb(205 159 171)

HSL

hsl(344.348 31.507% 71.373%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CD9FAB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CD9FAB uses 205 red, 159 green and 171 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 62.4%

Blue 67.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CD9FAB is 0.0% cyan, 22.4% magenta, 16.6% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 22.4%

Yellow 16.6%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC99AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C9A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CD9FAB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC9999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC99AA Nearest web-safe: #CC9999

Gradient to complement

#CD9FAB #C5A7AF #BEAEB2 #B6B6B6 #AEBEBA #A7C5BD #9FCDC1

Color vision previews

Compare how #CD9FAB 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.

#A5A6AB

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.

#AFAEAA

Tritanopia

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

#D59DA3

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.

#B4A5AB

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.

#B8A9AA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CD9FA8

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#ABABAB

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.

#BDA5AB

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 0.34670 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 0.77583 G 0.63062 B 0.66991

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.56366 G 0.35546 B 0.40633

CIE xyY

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

x 0.346 y 0.314 Y 40.717

CMY

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

C % 19.608 M % 37.647 Y % 32.941

Binary RGB

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

11001101 10011111 10101011