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Recognised as Colour

#CD8ABF

  • #CD8ABF
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#CD8ABF is a magenta with RGB values 205, 138, 191 and HSL 313°, 40%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#CD8ABF#CD8ABF
HEX#CD8ABF
RGBrgb(205, 138, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.5412, 0.749
RGB percentages80.4%, 54.1%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(312.5, 40.1%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(312.5, 32.7%, 80.4%)
CMYK0%, 32.7%, 6.8%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,470,399
CSS custom property--colour: #CD8ABF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#327540

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A9AC1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AA3BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D38D9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 9.1Pale violetred · ΔE 21.8Thistle · ΔE 26.3Light pink · ΔE 27.6Orchid · ΔE 27.7Pink · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 9.13, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8ACD98
Analogous#BA8ACD, #CD8A9E
Triadic#BFCD8A, #8ABFCD
Split complementary#9ECD8A, #8ACDBA
Tetradic#CDBA8A, #8ACD98, #8A9DCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF5FA
Lighter +20%#ECD1E6
Lighter +10%#DCAED3
Darker −10%#BE66AB
Darker −20%#A94895
Darker −30%#853975
Darker −40%#612A56
More saturated +25%#E275CB
Less saturated −25%#B89FB3

Channel breakdown

R205
G138
B191
Red205 (80.4%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue312.54°
Saturation (HSL)40.12%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CD · G 8A · B BF

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