Recognised as Colour

#DC00BC

#DC00BC
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Medium orchid

#DC00BC is a magenta with RGB values 220, 0, 188 and HSL 309°, 100%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium orchid.

Colour values

#DC00BC#DC00BC

HEX#DC00BC

RGBrgb(220, 0, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0, 0.7373

RGB percentages86.3%, 0%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(308.7, 100%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(308.7, 100%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 14.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,418,108

CSS custom property--colour: #DC00BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.77:1

Contrast with white4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#23FF43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1266C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 74.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B82B8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 78.2 from the original

Tritanopia#E8256Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium orchid · ΔE 26.2 Medium violet red · ΔE 27.3 Dark magenta · ΔE 27.6 Fuchsia · ΔE 28.2 Magenta · ΔE 28.2 Dark orchid · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium orchid (#BA55D3)ΔE 26.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00DC20

Analogous#8E00DC, #DC004E

Triadic#BCDC00, #00BCDC

Split complementary#4EDC00, #00DC8E

Tetradic#DC8E00, #00DC20, #004EDC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFA9F2

Lighter +30%#FF76EB

Lighter +20%#FF43E4

Lighter +10%#FF10DC

Darker −10%#A90090

Darker −20%#760065

Darker −30%#430039

Darker −40%#10000E

More saturated +25%#DC00BC

Less saturated −25%#C11CA9

Channel breakdown

R220

B188

Red220 (86.3%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue308.73°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G 00 · B BC

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Colour values

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