Recognised as Colour

#DB00CA

#DB00CA
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Fuchsia

#DB00CA is a magenta with RGB values 219, 0, 202 and HSL 305°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Fuchsia.

Colour values

#DB00CA#DB00CA

HEX#DB00CA

RGBrgb(219, 0, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0, 0.7922

RGB percentages85.9%, 0%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(304.7, 100%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(304.7, 100%, 85.9%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 7.8%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,352,586

CSS custom property--colour: #DB00CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19324WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.86:1

Contrast with white4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#24FF35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0068CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 72 from the original

Deuteranopia#6383C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.3 from the original

Tritanopia#E53277no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Fuchsia · ΔE 21.8 Magenta · ΔE 21.8 Dark orchid · ΔE 25.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 26.3 Dark violet · ΔE 28.4 Dark magenta · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourFuchsia (#FF00FF)ΔE 21.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00DB11

Analogous#7E00DB, #DB005D

Triadic#CADB00, #00CADB

Split complementary#5DDB00, #00DB7E

Tetradic#DB7E00, #00DB11, #005DDB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFA8F8

Lighter +30%#FF75F4

Lighter +20%#FF42F0

Lighter +10%#FF0FEC

Darker −10%#A8009B

Darker −20%#75006C

Darker −30%#42003D

Darker −40%#0F000E

More saturated +25%#DB00CA

Less saturated −25%#C01BB3

Channel breakdown

R219

B202

Red219 (85.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue304.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DB · G 00 · B CA

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Colour values

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