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Recognised as Colour

#C88CAE

  • #C88CAE
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C88CAE is a magenta with RGB values 200, 140, 174 and HSL 326°, 35%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C88CAE#C88CAE
HEX#C88CAE
RGBrgb(200, 140, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.549, 0.6824
RGB percentages78.4%, 54.9%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(326, 35.3%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(326, 30%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 30%, 13%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,143,214
CSS custom property--colour: #C88CAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34092WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.82:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#377351

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9098AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA1ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Tritanopia#D08C98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.4Rosy brown · ΔE 18.9Pale violetred · ΔE 20.2Light pink · ΔE 21.1Thistle · ΔE 21.1Pink · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8CC8A6
Analogous#C48CC8, #C88C90
Triadic#AEC88C, #8CAEC8
Split complementary#90C88C, #8CC8C4
Tetradic#C8C48C, #8CC8A6, #8C90C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF4F7
Lighter +20%#E9D1DF
Lighter +10%#D9AFC6
Darker −10%#B86A96
Darker −20%#A14D7D
Darker −30%#7F3D62
Darker −40%#5C2C47
More saturated +25%#DD77B1
Less saturated −25%#B3A1AB

Channel breakdown

R200
G140
B174
Red200 (78.4%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue326°
Saturation (HSL)35.29%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G 8C · B AE

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