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Recognised as Colour

#DC8DC3

  • #DC8DC3
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#DC8DC3 is a magenta with RGB values 220, 141, 195 and HSL 319°, 53%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DC8DC3#DC8DC3
HEX#DC8DC3
RGBrgb(220, 141, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5529, 0.7647
RGB percentages86.3%, 55.3%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(319, 53%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(319, 35.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 35.9%, 11.4%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,454,211
CSS custom property--colour: #DC8DC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.64:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#23723C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#909FC5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3ABC1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Tritanopia#E58EA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 9.8Pale violetred · ΔE 19.3Light pink · ΔE 26.2Orchid · ΔE 26.3Hot pink · ΔE 27Pink · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DDCA6
Analogous#CE8DDC, #DC8D9B
Triadic#C3DC8D, #8DC3DC
Split complementary#9BDC8D, #8DDCCE
Tetradic#DCCE8D, #8DDCA6, #8D9BDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4DBEC
Lighter +10%#E8B4D8
Darker −10%#D066AE
Darker −20%#C43F9A
Darker −30%#9F317C
Darker −40%#78255E
More saturated +25%#EF7ACA
Less saturated −25%#C9A0BC

Channel breakdown

R220
G141
B195
Red220 (86.3%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue318.99°
Saturation (HSL)53.02%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 8D · B C3

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