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Recognised as Colour

#DC378B

  • #DC378B
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#DC378B is a magenta with RGB values 220, 55, 139 and HSL 329°, 70%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#DC378B#DC378B
HEX#DC378B
RGBrgb(220, 55, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.2157, 0.5451
RGB percentages86.3%, 21.6%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(329.5, 70.2%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(329.5, 75%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 75%, 36.8%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,432,139
CSS custom property--colour: #DC378B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#606060
Inverted#23C874

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#57688Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#868687no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.1 from the original
Tritanopia#ED245Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 10.1Hot pink · ΔE 14.8Deep pink · ΔE 16.6Pale violetred · ΔE 26.3Orchid · ΔE 31.6Violet · ΔE 36.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#37DC88
Analogous#DB37DC, #DC3738
Triadic#8BDC37, #378BDC
Split complementary#39DC37, #37DCDB
Tetradic#DCDA37, #37DC88, #3738DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAE5F0
Lighter +30%#F3B9D7
Lighter +20%#EB8EBD
Lighter +10%#E462A4
Darker −10%#BF2171
Darker −20%#931A58
Darker −30%#68123E
Darker −40%#3C0B24
More saturated +25%#F91A8C
Less saturated −25%#BF548A

Channel breakdown

R220
G55
B139
Red220 (86.3%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue329.45°
Saturation (HSL)70.21%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 37 · B 8B

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