Recognised as Colour

#DB00F8

#DB00F8
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Fuchsia

#DB00F8 is a magenta with RGB values 219, 0, 248 and HSL 293°, 100%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Fuchsia.

Colour values

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HEX#DB00F8

RGBrgb(219, 0, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0, 0.9725

RGB percentages85.9%, 0%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(293, 100%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(293, 100%, 97.3%)

CMYK11.7%, 100%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,352,632

CSS custom property--colour: #DB00F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.37:1

Contrast with white3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.37:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#24FF07

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0074FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#3D87F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.2 from the original

Tritanopia#DD5192no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Fuchsia · ΔE 11.3 Magenta · ΔE 11.3 Dark violet · ΔE 21.3 Blue violet · ΔE 25.9 Dark orchid · ΔE 29.7 Medium orchid · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourFuchsia (#FF00FF)ΔE 11.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1DF800

Analogous#5F00F8, #F80099

Triadic#F8DB00, #00F8DB

Split complementary#99F800, #00F85F

Tetradic#F85F00, #1DF800, #0099F8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8C5FF

Lighter +30%#F292FF

Lighter +20%#EC5FFF

Lighter +10%#E62CFF

Darker −10%#AE00C5

Darker −20%#810092

Darker −30%#54005F

Darker −40%#27002C

More saturated +25%#DB00F8

Less saturated −25%#C31FD9

Channel breakdown

R219

B248

Red219 (85.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue292.98°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness48.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DB · G 00 · B F8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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