#D736CA

sRGB: 215 / 54 / 202

#D736CA belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 215 red, 54 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 304.8° lands in the magenta region. Its 66.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 52.7% 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 (5.27:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 215, 54, 202
HSL: 304.84°, 66.80%, 52.75%
HSV / HSB: 304.84°, 74.88%, 84.31%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 74.88%, 6.05%, 15.69%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 40.002, 21.352, 57.894
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 53.332, 75.857, -42.477
WCAG relative luminance: 0.21350
24-bit decimal: 14104266

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 #D736CA 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: 5.27:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.98:1

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

#36D743 sits half a turn (180°) from #D736CA 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.

#D736CA #36D743

Analogous

#9336D7 and #D7367A sit 30° to either side of #D736CA. 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.

#9336D7 #D736CA #D7367A

Triadic

#D736CA, #CAD736 and #36CAD7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D736CA #CAD736 #36CAD7

Split complementary

Start at #D736CA and look across the wheel. #7AD736 and #36D794 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D736CA #7AD736 #36D794

Square

Starting with #D736CA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D79436, #36D743, then #367AD7. Across the square, #D736CA pairs with #36D743, and #D79436 with #367AD7.

#D736CA #D79436 #36D743 #367AD7

Tetradic

#D736CA and #36D743 are opposites, as are #D74336 and #36CAD7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D736CA #D74336 #36D743 #36CAD7

Tints

Mixing #D736CA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DF5ED5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F7D7F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#D736CA #DF5ED5 #E786DF #EFAFEA #F7D7F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D736CA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AC2BA2, keeps 80% of the original. By #2B0B28, the mixture is 80% black.

#D736CA #AC2BA2 #812079 #561651 #2B0B28 #000000

Tones

Mixing #D736CA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C645BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #91718F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D736CA #C645BB #B454AC #A3629E #91718F #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

#D736CA

RGB

rgb(215 54 202)

HSL

hsl(304.845 66.805% 52.745%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D736CA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D736CA uses 215 red, 54 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 84.3%

Green 21.2%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D736CA is 0.0% cyan, 74.9% magenta, 6.0% yellow and 15.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 74.9%

Yellow 6.0%

Black 15.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD33CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D3C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #D736CA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC33CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DD33CC Nearest web-safe: #CC33CC

Gradient to complement

#D736CA #BC51B4 #A16C9D #878787 #6CA170 #51BC5A #36D743

Color vision previews

Compare how #D736CA 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.

#2871CE

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.

#6B87C6

Tritanopia

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

#E04A7E

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.

#8A65CB

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.

#9674C8

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D545B3

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#7F7F7F

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.

#B263AA

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 0.67954 G 0.03689 B 0.59062

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 0.77692 G 0.26763 B 0.76865

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.56545 G 0.05822 B 0.55205

CIE xyY

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

x 0.335 y 0.179 Y 21.352

CMY

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

C % 15.686 M % 78.824 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

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

11010111 00110110 11001010