#CF697C

sRGB · 207 / 105 / 124

#CF697C belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 207 red, 105 green and 124 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 348.8° lands in the red region. Its 51.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 61.2% 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 (5.96:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 207, 105, 124
HSL: 348.82°, 51.52%, 61.18%
HSV / HSB: 348.82°, 49.28%, 81.18%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 49.28%, 40.10%, 18.82%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 34.421, 24.826, 22.049
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 56.905, 42.149, 8.261
WCAG relative luminance: 0.24824
24-bit decimal: 13592956

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 #CF697C 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 · 5.96:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.52:1

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

#69CFBC sits half a turn (180°) from #CF697C 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.

#CF697C #69CFBC

Analogous

#CF69AF and #CF8969 sit 30° to either side of #CF697C. 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.

#CF69AF #CF697C #CF8969

Triadic

#CF697C, #7CCF69 and #697CCF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CF697C #7CCF69 #697CCF

Split complementary

Start at #CF697C and look across the wheel. #69CF89 and #69AFCF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CF697C #69CF89 #69AFCF

Square

Starting with #CF697C, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AFCF69, #69CFBC, then #8969CF. Across the square, #CF697C pairs with #69CFBC, and #AFCF69 with #8969CF.

#CF697C #AFCF69 #69CFBC #8969CF

Tetradic

#CF697C and #69CFBC are opposites, as are #CFBC69 and #697CCF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CF697C #CFBC69 #69CFBC #697CCF

Tints

Mixing #CF697C with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D98796, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5E1E5, the mixture is 80% white.

#CF697C #D98796 #E2A5B0 #ECC3CB #F5E1E5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CF697C with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A65463, keeps 80% of the original. By #291519, the mixture is 80% black.

#CF697C #A65463 #7C3F4A #532A32 #291519 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CF697C with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BF6E7D, keeps 80% of the original. By #907B7F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CF697C #BF6E7D #AF727E #A0777E #907B7F #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

#CF697C

RGB

rgb(207 105 124)

HSL

hsl(348.824 51.515% 61.176%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CF697C;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CF697C uses 207 red, 105 green and 124 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 81.2%

Green 41.2%

Blue 48.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CF697C is 0.0% cyan, 49.3% magenta, 40.1% yellow and 18.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 49.3%

Yellow 40.1%

Black 18.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC6677. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C67 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CF697C when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6666, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #CC6677 Nearest web-safe · #CC6666

Gradient to complement

#CF697C #BE7A87 #AD8B91 #9C9C9C #8BADA7 #7ABEB1 #69CFBC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CF697C 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.

#7C7C7C

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.

#96907A

Tritanopia

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

#DF5E70

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.

#A1797B

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.

#A9847A

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D06978

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#898989

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.

#B07A82

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 0.62396 G 0.14126 B 0.20156

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 0.76002 G 0.43314 B 0.48945

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.53826 G 0.15729 B 0.20441

CIE xyY

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

x 0.423 y 0.305 Y 24.826

CMY

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

C % 18.824 M % 58.824 Y % 51.373

Binary RGB

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

11001111 01101001 01111100