Recognised as Colour

#DB00ED

#DB00ED
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Fuchsia

#DB00ED is a magenta with RGB values 219, 0, 237 and HSL 295°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Fuchsia.

Colour values

#DB00ED#DB00ED

HEX#DB00ED

RGBrgb(219, 0, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0, 0.9294

RGB percentages85.9%, 0%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(295.4, 100%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(295.4, 100%, 92.9%)

CMYK7.6%, 100%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,352,621

CSS custom property--colour: #DB00ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.23:1

Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.23:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#24FF12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0071F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#4986E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.3 from the original

Tritanopia#DF4B8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Fuchsia · ΔE 10.9 Magenta · ΔE 10.9 Dark violet · ΔE 20.9 Blue violet · ΔE 26.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 27 Medium orchid · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourFuchsia (#FF00FF)ΔE 10.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#12ED00

Analogous#6400ED, #ED0089

Triadic#EDDB00, #00EDDB

Split complementary#89ED00, #00ED65

Tetradic#ED6400, #12ED00, #0088ED

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FABAFF

Lighter +30%#F687FF

Lighter +20%#F254FF

Lighter +10%#EE21FF

Darker −10%#AC00BA

Darker −20%#7D0087

Darker −30%#4E0054

Darker −40%#1E0021

More saturated +25%#DB00ED

Less saturated −25%#C21ECF

Channel breakdown

R219

B237

Red219 (85.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue295.44°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DB · G 00 · B ED

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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