Recognised as Colour

#C96AB4

#C96AB4
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Orchid

#C96AB4 is a magenta with RGB values 201, 106, 180 and HSL 313°, 47%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Orchid.

Colour values

#C96AB4#C96AB4

HEX#C96AB4

RGBrgb(201, 106, 180)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.4157, 0.7059

RGB percentages78.8%, 41.6%, 70.6%

HSLhsl(313.3, 46.8%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(313.3, 47.3%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 47.3%, 10.4%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,200,052

CSS custom property--colour: #C96AB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.2:1

Contrast with white3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#36954B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B83B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8591B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D16E87no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Orchid · ΔE 14.9 Violet · ΔE 20.4 Plum · ΔE 21.4 Hot pink · ΔE 21.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourOrchid (#DA70D6)ΔE 14.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#6AC97F

Analogous#AF6AC9, #C96A84

Triadic#B4C96A, #6AB4C9

Split complementary#85C96A, #6AC9AF

Tetradic#C9AE6A, #6AC97F, #6A84C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2DAED

Lighter +20%#E4B5DA

Lighter +10%#D78FC7

Darker −10%#BB45A1

Darker −20%#963781

Darker −30%#712961

Darker −40%#4C1B41

More saturated +25%#E251C2

Less saturated −25%#B083A6

Channel breakdown

R201

G106

B180

Red201 (78.8%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue180 (70.6%)

Hue313.26°

Saturation (HSL)46.8%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G 6A · B B4

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#C96AB4

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else