#D00AEB

sRGB: 208 / 10 / 235

#D00AEB belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 208 red, 10 green and 235 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 292.8° lands in the magenta region. Its 91.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 48.0% 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 (4.93:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 208, 10, 235
HSL: 292.80°, 91.84%, 48.04%
HSV / HSB: 292.80°, 95.74%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 11.49%, 95.74%, 0.00%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 41.114, 19.627, 80.223
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 51.413, 87.571, -64.397
WCAG relative luminance: 0.19625
24-bit decimal: 13634283

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 #D00AEB 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: 4.93:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 4.26:1

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.

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

#25EB0A sits half a turn (180°) from #D00AEB 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.

#D00AEB #25EB0A

Analogous

#5F0AEB and #EB0A96 sit 30° to either side of #D00AEB. 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.

#5F0AEB #D00AEB #EB0A96

Triadic

#D00AEB, #EBD00A and #0AEBD0 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D00AEB #EBD00A #0AEBD0

Split complementary

Start at #D00AEB and look across the wheel. #96EB0A and #0AEB5F sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D00AEB #96EB0A #0AEB5F

Square

Starting with #D00AEB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EB5F0A, #25EB0A, then #0A96EB. Across the square, #D00AEB pairs with #25EB0A, and #EB5F0A with #0A96EB.

#D00AEB #EB5F0A #25EB0A #0A96EB

Tetradic

#D00AEB and #25EB0A are opposites, as are #EB0A25 and #0AEBD0. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D00AEB #EB0A25 #25EB0A #0AEBD0

Tints

Mixing #D00AEB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D93BEF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F6CEFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#D00AEB #D93BEF #E36CF3 #EC9DF7 #F6CEFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D00AEB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A608BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #2A022F, the mixture is 80% black.

#D00AEB #A608BC #7D068D #53045E #2A022F #000000

Tones

Mixing #D00AEB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C022D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #906895, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D00AEB #C022D6 #B039C0 #A051AB #906895 #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

#D00AEB

RGB

rgb(208 10 235)

HSL

hsl(292.800 91.837% 48.039%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D00AEB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D00AEB uses 208 red, 10 green and 235 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 81.6%

Green 3.9%

Blue 92.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D00AEB is 11.5% cyan, 95.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 11.5%

Magenta 95.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC11EE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C1E in CSS. For a modern design, keep #D00AEB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC00FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC11EE Nearest web-safe: #CC00FF

Gradient to complement

#D00AEB #B430C6 #9755A0 #7B7B7B #5EA055 #42C630 #25EB0A

Color vision previews

Compare how #D00AEB 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.

#006EF0

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.

#3C81E7

Tritanopia

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

#D24E8B

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.

#755EED

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.

#816BE8

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CC37CF

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#7A7A7A

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.

#AC59BE

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 0.63076 G 0.00304 B 0.83077

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 0.88982

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.51931 G 0.02387 B 0.76743

CIE xyY

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

x 0.292 y 0.139 Y 19.627

CMY

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

C % 18.431 M % 96.078 Y % 7.843

Binary RGB

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

11010000 00001010 11101011