#C550CC

A medium, moderate magenta closely aligning with Mediumorchid.

About #C550CC

The hex code #C550CC represents a beautifully specific shade of magenta. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Mediumorchid. In the RGB color space, it consists of 197 red, 80 green, and 204 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 3% cyan and 61% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 296.6° hue, 54.9% saturation, and 55.7% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#C550CC
RGB197, 80, 204
HSL296.6°, 54.9%, 55.7%
CMYK3%, 61%, 0%, 20%
HSV296.6°, 60.8%, 80.0%
LAB54.0, 62.7, -42.8
XYZ36.8, 22.0, 59.4
Decimal12931276

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.89:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
5.39:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.72:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.59:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #C550CC; }
.text-color { color: #C550CC; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #C550CC; }

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