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Recognised as Colour

#C984AA

  • #C984AA
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#C984AA is a magenta with RGB values 201, 132, 170 and HSL 327°, 39%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#C984AA#C984AA
HEX#C984AA
RGBrgb(201, 132, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.5176, 0.6667
RGB percentages78.8%, 51.8%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(327, 39%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(327, 34.3%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 34.3%, 15.4%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,206,698
CSS custom property--colour: #C984AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.36:1
Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#367B55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8992ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9DA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D28391no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 16.4Pale violetred · ΔE 16.7Rosy brown · ΔE 21.8Light pink · ΔE 23.2Pink · ΔE 25.2Thistle · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 16.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#84C9A3
Analogous#C684C9, #C98487
Triadic#AAC984, #84AAC9
Split complementary#88C984, #84C9C6
Tetradic#C9C584, #84C9A3, #8487C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8EEF3
Lighter +20%#E8CBDB
Lighter +10%#D9A7C2
Darker −10%#B96192
Darker −20%#A14678
Darker −30%#7D375E
Darker −40%#5A2743
More saturated +25%#DF6EAC
Less saturated −25%#B39AA8

Channel breakdown

R201
G132
B170
Red201 (78.8%)
Green132 (51.8%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue326.96°
Saturation (HSL)38.98%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G 84 · B AA

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