#D00A7A

sRGB · 208 / 10 / 122

#D00A7A belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 208 red, 10 green and 122 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 326.1° lands in the rose region. Its 90.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 42.7% 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 (5.24:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 208, 10, 122
HSL: 326.06°, 90.83%, 42.75%
HSV / HSB: 326.06°, 95.19%, 81.57%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 95.19%, 41.35%, 18.43%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 29.633, 15.034, 19.755
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 45.681, 73.172, -6.867
WCAG relative luminance: 0.15032
24-bit decimal: 13634170

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 #D00A7A 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 · 4.01:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 5.24:1

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. 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

#0AD060 sits half a turn (180°) from #D00A7A 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.

#D00A7A #0AD060

Analogous

#C30AD0 and #D00A17 sit 30° to either side of #D00A7A. 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.

#C30AD0 #D00A7A #D00A17

Triadic

#D00A7A, #7AD00A and #0A7AD0 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D00A7A #7AD00A #0A7AD0

Split complementary

Start at #D00A7A and look across the wheel. #17D00A and #0AD0C3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D00A7A #17D00A #0AD0C3

Square

Starting with #D00A7A, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D0C30A, #0AD060, then #0A17D0. Across the square, #D00A7A pairs with #0AD060, and #D0C30A with #0A17D0.

#D00A7A #D0C30A #0AD060 #0A17D0

Tetradic

#D00A7A and #0AD060 are opposites, as are #D0600A and #0A7AD0. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D00A7A #D0600A #0AD060 #0A7AD0

Tints

Mixing #D00A7A with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D93B95, keeps 80% of the original. By #F6CEE4, the mixture is 80% white.

#D00A7A #D93B95 #E36CAF #EC9DCA #F6CEE4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D00A7A with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A60862, keeps 80% of the original. By #2A0218, the mixture is 80% black.

#D00A7A #A60862 #7D0649 #530431 #2A0218 #000000

Tones

Mixing #D00A7A with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C0227B, keeps 80% of the original. By #90687F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D00A7A #C0227B #B0397C #A0517E #90687F #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

#D00A7A

RGB

rgb(208 10 122)

HSL

hsl(326.061 90.826% 42.745%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D00A7A;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D00A7A uses 208 red, 10 green and 122 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 81.6%

Green 3.9%

Blue 47.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D00A7A is 0.0% cyan, 95.2% magenta, 41.3% yellow and 18.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 95.2%

Yellow 41.3%

Black 18.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC1177. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C17 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #D00A7A when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC0066, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #CC1177 Nearest web-safe · #CC0066

Gradient to complement

#D00A7A #AF2B76 #8E4C71 #6D6D6D #4C8E69 #2BAF64 #0AD060

Color vision previews

Compare how #D00A7A 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.

#45567C

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.

#797876

Tritanopia

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

#E20048

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.

#8C4C7A

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.

#996377

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D0176C

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#6C6C6C

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.

#A84E73

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 0.63076 G 0.00304 B 0.19462

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 0.74794 G 0.16752 B 0.47103

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.51931 G 0.02387 B 0.18820

CIE xyY

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

x 0.460 y 0.233 Y 15.034

CMY

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

C % 18.431 M % 96.078 Y % 52.157

Binary RGB

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

11010000 00001010 01111010