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Recognised as Colour

#C24D99

  • #C24D99
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#C24D99 is a magenta with RGB values 194, 77, 153 and HSL 321°, 49%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#C24D99#C24D99
HEX#C24D99
RGBrgb(194, 77, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.302, 0.6
RGB percentages76.1%, 30.2%, 60%
HSLhsl(321, 49%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(321, 60.3%, 76.1%)
CMYK0%, 60.3%, 21.1%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,733,849
CSS custom property--colour: #C24D99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.82:1
Contrast with white4.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#3DB266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#576D9Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#788096no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Tritanopia#CE4D6Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.36:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 17.3Hot pink · ΔE 18.9Orchid · ΔE 20.3Pale violetred · ΔE 23Violet · ΔE 26.6Purple · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 17.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4DC276
Analogous#B04DC2, #C24D5F
Triadic#99C24D, #4D99C2
Split complementary#5FC24D, #4DC2B0
Tetradic#C2B04D, #4DC276, #4D5FC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6E5F0
Lighter +30%#E9BFDA
Lighter +20%#DC99C5
Lighter +10%#CF73AF
Darker −10%#A4387E
Darker −20%#7E2B61
Darker −30%#581E44
Darker −40%#321126
More saturated +25%#E02FA2
Less saturated −25%#A46B90

Channel breakdown

R194
G77
B153
Red194 (76.1%)
Green77 (30.2%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue321.03°
Saturation (HSL)48.95%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C2 · G 4D · B 99

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