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Recognised as Colour

#C281AB

  • #C281AB
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C281AB is a magenta with RGB values 194, 129, 171 and HSL 321°, 35%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C281AB#C281AB
HEX#C281AB
RGBrgb(194, 129, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.5059, 0.6706
RGB percentages76.1%, 50.6%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(321.2, 34.8%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(321.2, 33.5%, 76.1%)
CMYK0%, 33.5%, 11.9%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,747,179
CSS custom property--colour: #C281AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#3D7E54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#848FADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9499A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Tritanopia#CA8290no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.4Pale violetred · ΔE 18.8Rosy brown · ΔE 23.6Light pink · ΔE 25.9Thistle · ΔE 26Pink · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#81C298
Analogous#B981C2, #C2818A
Triadic#ABC281, #81ABC2
Split complementary#8BC281, #81C2B9
Tetradic#C2B881, #81C298, #818AC2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4E8F0
Lighter +20%#E3C6D9
Lighter +10%#D3A3C2
Darker −10%#B15F94
Darker −20%#95487A
Darker −30%#73375E
Darker −40%#502742
More saturated +25%#D96AB2
Less saturated −25%#AB98A4

Channel breakdown

R194
G129
B171
Red194 (76.1%)
Green129 (50.6%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue321.23°
Saturation (HSL)34.76%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C2 · G 81 · B AB

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