Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#DC247B

  • #DC247B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#DC247B is a red with RGB values 220, 36, 123 and HSL 332°, 72%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#DC247B#DC247B
HEX#DC247B
RGBrgb(220, 36, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.1412, 0.4824
RGB percentages86.3%, 14.1%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(331.6, 72.4%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(331.6, 83.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 83.6%, 44.1%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,427,259
CSS custom property--colour: #DC247B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.58:1
Contrast with white4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#23DB84

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#535F7Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#858277no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 73.7 from the original
Tritanopia#EF004Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 14.3Deep pink · ΔE 14.6Hot pink · ΔE 20Pale violetred · ΔE 28.9Crimson · ΔE 35.4Indian red · ΔE 36.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 14.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#24DC85
Analogous#DC24D7, #DC2924
Triadic#7BDC24, #247BDC
Split complementary#24DC29, #24D7DC
Tetradic#D7DC24, #24DC85, #2924DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8D4E5
Lighter +30%#F1A8CB
Lighter +20%#EA7CB0
Lighter +10%#E35096
Darker −10%#B11C62
Darker −20%#85154A
Darker −30%#590E31
Darker −40%#2D0719
More saturated +25%#FC0479
Less saturated −25%#BC447D

Channel breakdown

R220
G36
B123
Red220 (86.3%)
Green36 (14.1%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue331.63°
Saturation (HSL)72.44%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 24 · B 7B

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “dc247b” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.