#CE99CC

sRGB: 206 / 153 / 204

Celestial flames fracture ancient heavens
Shimmering rivers cascade across forgotten valleys
Boundless spirits awaken sleeping galaxies

#CE99CC belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 206 red, 153 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 302.3° lands in the magenta region. Its 35.1% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 70.4% 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 (9.05:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 206, 153, 204
HSL: 302.26°, 35.10%, 70.39%
HSV / HSB: 302.26°, 25.73%, 80.78%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 25.73%, 0.97%, 19.22%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 47.742, 40.265, 62.386
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 69.658, 28.244, -18.416
WCAG relative luminance: 0.40264
24-bit decimal: 13539788

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 #CE99CC 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: 9.05:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.32:1

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

#99CE9B sits half a turn (180°) from #CE99CC 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.

#CE99CC #99CE9B

Analogous

#B599CE and #CE99B2 sit 30° to either side of #CE99CC. 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.

#B599CE #CE99CC #CE99B2

Triadic

#CE99CC, #CCCE99 and #99CCCE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CE99CC #CCCE99 #99CCCE

Split complementary

Start at #CE99CC and look across the wheel. #B2CE99 and #99CEB5 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CE99CC #B2CE99 #99CEB5

Square

Starting with #CE99CC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CEB599, #99CE9B, then #99B2CE. Across the square, #CE99CC pairs with #99CE9B, and #CEB599 with #99B2CE.

#CE99CC #CEB599 #99CE9B #99B2CE

Tetradic

#CE99CC and #99CE9B are opposites, as are #CE9B99 and #99CCCE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CE99CC #CE9B99 #99CE9B #99CCCE

Tints

Mixing #CE99CC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8ADD6, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5EBF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#CE99CC #D8ADD6 #E2C2E0 #EBD6EB #F5EBF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CE99CC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A57AA3, keeps 80% of the original. By #291F29, the mixture is 80% black.

#CE99CC #A57AA3 #7C5C7A #523D52 #291F29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CE99CC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE94BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #90858F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CE99CC #BE94BD #AF8FAE #9F8A9E #90858F #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

#CE99CC

RGB

rgb(206 153 204)

HSL

hsl(302.264 35.099% 70.392%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CE99CC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CE99CC uses 206 red, 153 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.8%

Green 60.0%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CE99CC is 0.0% cyan, 25.7% magenta, 1.0% yellow and 19.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 25.7%

Yellow 1.0%

Black 19.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC99CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C9C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CE99CC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC99CC Nearest web-safe: #CC99CC

Gradient to complement

#CE99CC #C5A2C4 #BCABBC #B4B4B4 #ABBCAB #A2C5A3 #99CE9B

Color vision previews

Compare how #CE99CC 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.

#96A6CE

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.

#A2ADCA

Tritanopia

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

#D29DAB

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.

#ADA2CD

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.

#B1A6CB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CD9CC1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#AAAAAA

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.

#BDA2BC

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 0.61721 G 0.31855 B 0.60383

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 0.77615 G 0.60842 B 0.78783

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.56418 G 0.32846 B 0.58340

CIE xyY

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

x 0.317 y 0.268 Y 40.265

CMY

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

C % 19.216 M % 40.000 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

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

11001110 10011001 11001100