Close to Plum

#CC8ADA

#CC8ADA is a light, rich purple, close to the color Plum. In RGB it’s made of 80% red, 54.1% green, and 85.5% blue. Its hue is 290°, with 52% saturation and 70% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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2.56:1 Fail
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8.22:1 AAA
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This color as text on white

2.56:1 Fail
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This color as text on black

8.22:1 AAA

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #CC8ADA as they’d see it.

Typical vision#CC8ADA
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #CC8ADA

What color is #CC8ADA?

#CC8ADA is a light, rich purple, close to the color Plum. In RGB it’s made of 80% red, 54.1% green, and 85.5% blue. Its hue is 290°, with 52% saturation and 70% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #CC8ADA in RGB?

#CC8ADA is rgb(204, 138, 218): 204 red, 138 green, and 218 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #CC8ADA in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(6, 37, 0, 15). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #CC8ADA?

PANTONE 2565 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #CC8ADA?

Its complement #70B264 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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