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Recognised as Colour

#C18ABA

  • #C18ABA
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C18ABA is a magenta with RGB values 193, 138, 186 and HSL 308°, 31%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C18ABA#C18ABA
HEX#C18ABA
RGBrgb(193, 138, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.7569, 0.5412, 0.7294
RGB percentages75.7%, 54.1%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(307.6, 30.7%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(307.6, 28.5%, 75.7%)
CMYK0%, 28.5%, 3.6%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,683,962
CSS custom property--colour: #C18ABA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#3E7545

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8897BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Deuteranopia#959EB8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C68D9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.2Thistle · ΔE 23.5Pale violetred · ΔE 24.2Rosy brown · ΔE 26.2Light pink · ΔE 27.5Pink · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AC191
Analogous#AC8AC1, #C18A9E
Triadic#BAC18A, #8ABAC1
Split complementary#9EC18A, #8AC1AC
Tetradic#C1AC8A, #8AC191, #8A9EC1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6EEF5
Lighter +20%#E4CDE1
Lighter +10%#D3ABCE
Darker −10%#AF69A6
Darker −20%#964F8D
Darker −30%#743E6D
Darker −40%#532C4E
More saturated +25%#D774CB
Less saturated −25%#ABA0A9

Channel breakdown

R193
G138
B186
Red193 (75.7%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue307.64°
Saturation (HSL)30.73%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C1 · G 8A · B BA

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